Dakhla — Pointe de l'Or06h · 14 kt
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Min. level
Intermediate
Optimal wind
14-32 kts
Season
April to October
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What to check
Moderate impact on the lagoon side. Ocean side: watch the currents.
Discover the spot
The spot
Discover Dakhla
Pointe de l’Or — ‘Golden Point’ — is Dakhla’s hidden face: the OCEAN side, the opposite of the sheltered lagoon where the camps sit. An immense beach of fine sand the Atlantic pounds, as wild as it gets, reached only by 4x4 or on an excursion from the lagoon. No crowds here, no bathers: sand as far as you can see and a beach-break swept by the trade wind. The wind runs along the shore (side-shore, it brings you back to the beach), the waves are the real thing — you come here to ride, never to learn.
The Dakhla peninsula is a thin tongue of sand — in places under eight hundred metres — splitting two worlds: to the east, the beginners’ sheltered flat lagoon; to the west, the ocean face, the open Atlantic. Pointe de l’Or is on that side, a mid-sized beach-break on an immense beach of very fine sand, sandy bottom. One lone source mentions a rocky point; the two kite sources say the opposite, and that’s the reading we keep — the doubt noted, not made a fact. The water follows the season: small to medium waves in summer, in a wind often blown-out and chopping the surface; cleaner, longer waves in winter, when the wind eases and you string together down-the-line rides. The wind is the north-to-north-east trade, boosted in summer by the thermal. On this beach it blows side-shore, along the shore: it brings you back to the beach, never out to sea. The whole character of the place is its isolation — the feeling of a spot the ocean never quite gave up.
Who & when
Level and best time
Who it's for
A spot for solid intermediates and up, expert-grade on its best days. The sources agree: ‘intermediate riders, but expert will love it’, recommended ‘only for advanced and confident kitesurfers’. It’s no place to learn on your own — Atlantic waves, wind that’s often strong and blown-out in summer, fishing nets in the break and the sheer remoteness rule it out for beginners. They stay on the lagoon (PK25, Speed Spot, White Dune), on the sheltered side. Here, you already know how to handle a wave and a kite in powerful wind.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗Best time
Two seasons that don’t line up. The strongest, steadiest wind comes in summer, May to September — averaging 13-21 knots, up to 20-21 in June-August, on a coast credited with roughly 326 windy days a year. But the cleaner, better waves come more from September to May, when the wind eases a touch and the swell organises. Water is given as 22 °C (Dec-Jan) to 27 °C (Aug-Oct) by a single source — treat that with caution: no wetsuit in summer, a shorty or full suit in winter.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗On site
Arrival guide
Access: 4x4 or excursion
Pointe de l’Or sits on the west coast of the Dakhla peninsula, on the ocean side. Access is ‘only with a 4x4 vehicle’ across the sand — there’s no road. Most riders come on an excursion run by the lagoon camps, as one of the classic ocean outings (alongside Speed Spot, White Dune, Dragon Island). It’s also described as about a five-minute 4x4 drive from some peninsula camps. Dakhla airport (DAK) is around thirty kilometres away.
source : web.kite-and-windsurfing-guide.com ↗Guiding: through the lagoon camps
There’s no school based at Pointe de l’Or — it’s a wild spot. You reach it through the lagoon’s camps and schools, which reportedly run the ocean outings. Named around Dakhla: New Spirit Dakhla (given as about five minutes away), Dakhla Kitesurf Safari, Kite Sensation, La Tour d’Eole – Ocean Academy, plus the big peninsula camps (PK25, Dakhla Attitude, ION Club) for excursions. Confirm with your chosen camp before setting off: the ocean trip is booked, not improvised.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗Before you go
Safety
Atlantic waves & powerful wind
The number-one hazard here isn’t a wind pushing you out to sea — the trade wind is side-shore, running along the beach. It’s the big Atlantic wave served by powerful wind. On a big swell, sources speak of ‘big waves’ that demand ‘a good level’, and in summer the wind is often blown-out — ‘usually blown-out by strong winds’, overpowering guaranteed. That wave-plus-overpower combination already calls for control. Pick your day, rig for a wind that can build, and don’t overrate your margin in the surf.
source : oceanadventure.surf ↗Fishing nets in the break
A specialist source flags ‘3-6 fisher nets in the middle of the break, be careful’ — and also mentions big fish. Nets set right in the wave zone are a real obstacle: spot where they are before you head out, and keep your distance. The beach is also described as ‘full with waste’ — not a rule, just the state of a wild, little-tended place.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗Remoteness & high-tide shorebreak
A remote spot, reachable only by 4x4, very lightly visited: no rescue on hand. Go out guided or in a group, never alone, and tell someone your plan. At high tide, sources note ‘some shorebreak’ — a shore wave to manage on launch and landing. No source gives a tidal range or describes a point that fully dries out; the tide effect is real but qualitative, to read on the spot rather than predict from a figure.
source : web.kite-and-windsurfing-guide.com ↗Community
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Session reports (swell size, today’s wind, state of the break, nets spotted)
Which camp runs the ocean trip to Pointe de l’Or right now, and at what level required?