Cuba — Cayo Coco
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Discover Cuba — Cayo Coco
On Cuba's northern cays, in the Jardines del Rey, Cayo Coco unrolls long beaches facing the trade and a flat turquoise lagoon. A sunny learning spot, linked to the mainland by a causeway, where the easterly blows steadily over shallow water, far from everything.
Cayo Coco is Cuba's lagoon version: a string of flat islands north of the main island, fringed with white beaches and pink flamingos, reached by a causeway running straight across the turquoise sea. Far from Havana and its American cars, here everything is horizontal and luminous — the water, the wind, the sky. Kiting unfolds at a resort island's nonchalant pace: you learn calmly in a postcard lagoon, between mojitos, in an isolation that has its charm. Not a performance or adrenaline spot, but a sunny parenthesis with faithful wind.
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A good spot to learn and progress: the lagoon water is flat and shallow, the working wind blows side-onshore and brings you back. Certified schools operate in front of the big all-inclusive hotels. The setting is an isolated resort island: decent facilities on the hotel side, but little organised rescue offshore — stay near shore and supervised.
source : kiterr.com ↗The dry season, November to May (core December-April), carries the east/north-east trade, 15-22 knots, sometimes boosted by winter fronts (north-west). On these north-facing beaches, the easterly arrives side-onshore and brings you back. The south sector, on the other hand, is offshore (land wind toward the open sea) — rare in season, but worth knowing.
source : kiterr.com ↗Arrival guide
Cayo Coco has its own airport and is linked to the mainland (Morón) by a long causeway (pedraplén). The kite beaches are on the north side of the all-inclusive hotels; the water is flat and shallow, a sheltered lagoon. It's a resort island: little life outside the hotels, regulated access. Check the school's exact launch — some inner zones change the wind's orientation.
source : kitejungle.com ↗Safety
The working wind (east/north-east trade) is side-onshore and brings you back to the beach: that's safe. Watch-points: isolation (resort island, limited organised rescue offshore — stay near shore and supervised by the school), the lagoon's reef and shallows (booties), and the south sector which is offshore (rare in the dry season, but it pushes you out to sea). Set your launch with the school, which knows its zone's exact orientation.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗Soon, by the riders
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