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Kitesurfing in AlacatiTR
A stone-house town on the Cesme peninsula whose shallow, flat bay catches the meltemi like clockwork from late morning, all summer long.
Why here
Alacati's bay is a wind-sports machine: the meltemi arrives like clockwork from ten or eleven each summer morning and builds to four or five Beaufort through the afternoon, over water that stays shallow and flat across a bay wide enough to make it one of the best learning venues anywhere. The school scene is mature and multi-flag, kite and windsurf side by side, with IKO-certified instruction available, and the town behind the water is the rare wind destination with genuine evening pull: Ottoman-Greek stone houses, vineyards, and a food scene that made Alacati fashionable long before the kiters arrived.
Best months
May through September is the meltemi season with July and August the strongest and busiest; October runs a gentler shoulder. Mornings before the wind suit first lessons; afternoons deliver the power hours.
Getting there & around
Fly to Izmir (ADB), about an hour to the Cesme peninsula. Book July-August lessons and lodging well ahead; Alacati is fashionable and prices like it.
Skill levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced
Schools & guides (2)
Micro Extreme and Sports
SchoolAn IKO-directory-listed kite school on the Cesme peninsula running certified courses at every level.
Myga Surf City
SchoolAn Alacati school teaching kitesurf and windsurf on the bay's flat, shallow water through the meltemi season.