Trinidad and Tobago — Pigeon Point (Tobago)06h · 10 kt
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Min. level
Intermediate
Optimal wind
14-32 kts
Season
January, February, March, April, May, June, December
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Discover the spot
The spot
Discover Trinidad and Tobago
At Tobago's south-west tip, Pigeon Point opens onto the Bon Accord lagoon, closed off by Buccoo Reef: a flat turquoise water, swept by the trade, before postcard coconut palms. The kite spot of the southern Caribbean, outside the hurricane belt, with a year-round school.
Pigeon Point is Tobago's postcard: the thatched jetty at the point's end, leaning coconut palms, water of an unreal turquoise over the Bon Accord sandbanks. Tobago is Trinidad's quiet, natural little sister, outside the hurricane track, where time seems slower. Kiting unfolds in a pool-like lagoon closed off by the reef, supervised and stress-free, among the glass-bottom boats heading out to explore Buccoo Reef. You come here for Caribbean gentleness and a dream flat water, provided you read the wind well — the spot's secret lies in that nuance.
Who & when
Level and best time
Who it's for
Intermediate, with a good beginner welcome on the lagoon side: the Bon Accord lagoon water, closed off by the reef, is flat and never forms real chop, ideal for learning, with the school's boat support (Radical Sports Tobago, open all year). To grasp before coming: the safe working wind comes from north/north-east; the pure easterly, more dominant, is gusty and offshore on the beach (see safety).
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗Best time
The dry season, December to April (February-March driest), is the kite window, 15-25 knots, sometimes into mid-June. The steadiest and safest wind comes from north and north-east ('north is stable'). The pure easterly, though, is the most frequent but gusty and offshore on the beach: on that regime, you stay in the closed lagoon and supervised.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗On site
Arrival guide
Access & water
Pigeon Point is at Tobago's south-west tip (airport nearby). The water is the Bon Accord lagoon, a wide flat expanse closed off offshore by Buccoo Reef; you kite flat, the waves staying on the outer reef. A slight current is felt near the channel. The beach is iconic (jetty, coconut palms) and touristy.
source : tobago-live.de ↗Before you go
Safety
Offshore easterly & Buccoo Reef
The key point: on this west-facing beach, the pure easterly blows off the land toward the open sea — it's offshore and gusty. What makes the spot rideable is the lagoon closed off by Buccoo Reef and the school's boat support, not a clearly working wind. Stay in the lagoon, ride supervised when the wind is easterly, and don't head out to sea. North and north-east winds are the safest. Watch the coral reef (protected, sharp) and the excursion boats.
source : unplug-kitesurf.com ↗Community
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Session reports (stable north or easterly, supervision, Buccoo Reef)