CABARETE: CONDITIONS

With its excellent wind and wide variety of sailing conditions, Cabarete is regarded as one of the 10 best spots for windsurfing in the world.
The Bay has hosted several professioanl events in addition to Cabarete Race Week.
The water temperature is a balmy 27°C (81°F) all year so you can leave your bulky wetsuit at home. A lycra top or rashguard will help protect from the Caribbean sun.

Feel free to click on the following links for information regarding wind and weather conditions at Cabarete Bay:

WIND CHART 1993-2004
GENERAL CONDITION CHART: WAVES & TEMPERATURE

For the latest forecasts, visit our WEATHER page!

CABARETE BAY:

For a detailed look at Cabarete Bay's diverse conditions, feel free to download the following map by clicking on the type you prefer: Web Version: JPG FILE, 700x500 pixels (61 KB) Full Print Version: Microsoft Word97 Document (127 KB)

The bay itself sweeps around in an crescent shape, from the palm fringed headlands on the eastern side to the edge of the reef break on the downwind shore. The bay is protected by a reef that has a wide channel in-between the two reefs allowing access to the rolling Atlantic waves.

The upwind reef offers good jumping conditions and great backside wavesailing for those just learning how to wavesail. The downwind reef offers good down-the-line wavesailing. The wind is sideshore to side-offshore from the right. During the winter, the winds are dominated by fronts moving through the northern Caribbean, giving cylces of strong wind days followed by a period of lighter conditions. The tradewinds return in March for more consistent conditions that last until October. The summer offers the best wind conditions but smaller waves than winter and spring.