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About this spot
Cambodia Kiteboarding has run from the Villa Vedici riverside resort in Kampot for over a decade with IKO-certified instructors. Lessons are held on the Kampong Bay estuary, 7 km downriver from town — a big bay of shallow, warm water with plenty of room to make mistakes and no crowds.
The school describes two wind seasons: December to March, then the wind swings onshore from April to early October. It advises adding about 7 knots to the Kep Thmey forecast because Bokor mountain accelerates the wind at the beach.
Getting there: tuk-tuk ($7 one way, dry season only), speedboat or longtail ($10 return) from Villa Vedici.
3-day forecast
Speed / gusts in knots. Colour = rideability for this spot. Bottom row = recommended kite size for your weight — not recommended outside this spot's 10–25 kn range.
Conditions
- Water
- flat
- Depth
- Waist-deep flat water
- Seabed
- sand, mud
- Skill
- beginner, intermediate
- Beginners
- Beginner friendly
- Wind range
- 10 kn – 25 kn
Access & parking
Kampot is about 3 hours from Phnom Penh; boat or tuk-tuk from Villa Vedici to the kite beach.
Parking: At Villa Vedici in Kampot; the beach is reached by boat.
Amenities
- IKO school with lessons, rental and stay packages
- Riverside resort base
Needs local verification: Sources: Cambodia Kiteboarding's own home and location pages (IKO instructors, Kampong Bay estuary 7 km downriver, waist-deep flat water, wind seasons Dec–Mar and Apr–early Oct onshore, +7 kn to forecasts, transport prices). The wind sectors are my reading of those two seasons; the pin is approximate. Water temperature is a Gulf of Thailand estimate. Needs local verification.
Local hazards
- Forecasts under-read the wind here (school adds about 7 kn)
- Tuk-tuk road closed in the rainy season
- Estuary currents