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St Martin Spot Guide - St Martin, Caribbean
See our sailing guide to St Martin, in the Caribbean offers windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing and SUP. The sailing spot guide offers a description of flat water and wave spots at and near Galion Bay beach. St. Martin offers a range of conditions to suit all levels of windsurfers, surfers and kiters and is particularly suitable for families and children.
Windsurfing Spots
The sailing area at Galion Bay, were our partner windsurf, surfing and SUP centre is based, is a one kilometer wide sandy lagoon with some waist high, standing areas. The water in the lagoon is warm, flat and safe excellent for lessons and practising your technique including children, with amazing freeride and freestyle conditions.The outer reef about 400m from the shore. The reef offers great wave riding conditions with breaking waves between 1 to 3m in the right conditions, superb for experienced windsurfers, surfers and SUP wave sailors.
Surfing & SUP Spots
With the outer reef off Galion Bay, surfing is excellent here. With the centre running a local junior surfing association, children and teenagers are particularly well catered organising and competing in Junior surf champions all over the Caribbean. The centre has a special 23m² catamaran platform with a nature reserve friendly 30hp engine to transport surfers, friends and photographers out to the reef to enjoy the show in comfort and style.
Kitesurfing Spots
'Little Kay' - beginners
There is no kitesurfing instruction or rental at Galion Bay permitted, as this is a protected nature reserve. Those wishing to take kitesurfing instruction will be transported by boat or car in around 10 minutes to 'Little Kay', a neighbouring bay.Little Kay with flat water and some shallow areas where you are able to stand. The sandy spit curls around a rock, providing an area protected from the waves with minimal stones or current.
Pic: Little Kay Bay.
Orient Bay
Locals and independent kitesurfers enjoy the waters at in Orient Bay, further north. The spot is also shared with other independent windsurfers, jet skis and motor boats. As an alternative the Galion bay centre will offer boat trips to the nearly Island of Anguilla, for independent kitesurfers, not requiring instuction, to take advantage of the freeride conditions on the east coast there. It’s the ultimate day kiting in paradise, as well as being escorted by an experienced kitesurf guide and sampling the delights of local beach life and reggae vibes.
Fact File
Sailing Conditions
Suitability:
Beginners
Intermediates
Freestyle
Wave
Great Reasons to go to St Martin, Caribbean |
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Best Time: Mid Nov - end Mar. June/July. Launch: Wide sandy beach. Wind Direction: Nov - Mar side onshore from left. Jun - Sept, side onshore from right. Wind Type: Trade. Shorebreak: None. Water Conditions: Flat & waves Suitability: All levels. |
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