Martinique — Pointe du Bout15h · 10 kt
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Min. level
Intermediate
Optimal wind
14-32 kts
Season
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, December
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Discover the spot
The spot
Discover Pointe du Bout
Pointe du Bout is Caribbean lagoon kiting: you don't launch off the beach here. You rig in the shade of the Carayou's coconut palms, then the school boat runs you out to a sandbank in the middle of Fort-de-France bay — turquoise water to your knees and trade wind cranking. A flat, warm 28°C playground that only exists because a club shuttles you onto it.
Pointe du Bout is postcard Caribbean kiting with a logic all its own. The whole character of the spot lives in that boat ride: you rig at ease in the shade of the coconut palms, marina-and-hotels vibe, and ten minutes later you're dropped on a turquoise sandbank in the middle of the bay, water at your knees, nobody around but the club's boat. That contrast is everything — the comfort of the base on one side, the untouched lagoon on the other. The wind is anything but soft: the bay acts like a funnel, the trade wind accelerates and arrives well loaded, sometimes gusty. You come for the flat warm water, the tight supervision, and that rare feeling of riding a lost shoal you can only reach by boat. This isn't a free-spirit spot where you drop your kite wherever you like; it's a club spot, and that's exactly what makes it open to beginners under a tropical sky.
Who & when
Level and best time
Who it's for
A supervised spot first and foremost: ideal terrain to start out or progress, but almost always with the school, because access is by boat and the wind blows off the land near the shore. On the sandbank — knee-deep flat water with the safety boat alongside — conditions are perfect for first boards and water-starts. Going solo is a different story: you need to be comfortable, hold a confident upwind line, and never let yourself drift out into the bay. Beginner with a school: yes. Random rider showing up alone on the beach: no, this isn't a launch-from-shore spot.
source : blog.aircaraibes.com ↗Best time
Prime season runs December to April, when the east-to-northeast trade wind settles in steady and strong. The bay has an edge the windward coast doesn't — a venturi effect: the wind accelerates over the Lamentin plain before funnelling into the bay, often making Pointe du Bout windier than the Atlantic side. September–October goes soft (hurricane season, weak trades). Water sits at 28°C year-round, a rash vest is enough, sunscreen is mandatory.
source : martiniqueactive.com ↗On site
Arrival guide
Access & zone
You don't launch from the shore here, and that's the thing to grasp first. The starting point is the Baz'Notik base at Hôtel Carayou, on the Pointe du Bout peninsula in Trois-Îlets (Caribbean side, inside Fort-de-France bay). You rig in the coconut grove, feet in the water, then the school boat drops you on a sandbank about 4 km out in the middle of the bay: shallow, flat water, clean wind. That shuttle is what makes the spot rideable — without it, the shore is a sheltered tourist beach, not a kite zone. Pointe du Bout is a busy marina: launches, sailboats, and above all the ferry navette to Fort-de-France running roughly every 15 minutes. So you stay inside the zone marked out by the club, clear of the shipping channels, never in the boat lanes. Access to the water is supervised: go through the school — it's the only simple, safe way to ride here.
source : manawa.com ↗Before you go
Safety
The real trap: offshore wind & traffic
The number-one danger here is the geometry: Pointe du Bout sits on the leeward coast, inside Fort-de-France bay. The east-to-northeast trade wind comes off the land, accelerating over the Lamentin plain and blowing offshore toward the open bay. Near the shore that wind is offshore and gusty: it pushes you out into the middle of the bay, away from any rescue — which is exactly why you don't ride from the beach and instead go out on the club boat. On the sandbank the safety boat stays within reach; that's your margin. The second risk is traffic: a very active marina, launches, sailboats, and the Pointe du Bout–Fort-de-France ferry running roughly every 15 minutes. Stay in the club's zone, clear of the channels, and never cross a boat lane underpowered. Bottom line: no solo adventures out into this bay, and never without a boat that can pick you up.
source : fun-and-fly.com ↗Community
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