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About this spot
Pointe Faula at Le Vauclin is home to Airfly, Martinique Kiteschool (FFVL-labelled) and the Club Nautique du Vauclin. Airfly teaches by boat on the Massy Massy shallows, where riders can stand over most of the school zone; a coral barrier offshore keeps the water flat.
The schools put the trades at 12–20 knots from the east, mainly November to May and sometimes into June or July. Martinique Kiteschool opens October to June.
Navigation here is regulated by a prefectural order: buoys mark a buffer zone, a swimming zone and a nautical-activity lane, and kiting is only allowed to the right of the buffer zone. French rules also require civil liability insurance for kitesurfing — an FFVL or FFV licence covers it.
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 12–20 kn range.
Conditions
- Water
- flat
- Depth
- Standable over most of the school zone per the schools
- Seabed
- sand, coral barrier offshore
- Skill
- beginner, intermediate, expert
- Beginners
- Beginner friendly
- Wind range
- 12 kn – 20 kn
Access & parking
Pointe Faula beach, Le Vauclin; schools on the beach.
Parking: Parking near the beach; arrangements unverified.
Amenities
- Airfly, Martinique Kiteschool and Club Nautique du Vauclin — lessons and rental
- Food and restaurants at Pointe Faula
- Lifeguard post on the beach
Needs local verification: Sources: https://www.airfly972.com/pointe-faula (school at Pointe Faula: prefectural order with three buoyed zones — buffer, swimming, nautical activity — kite zone right of the buffer; Massy Massy shallows standable over most of the school zone; coral barrier makes flat water; trades Nov–May, sometimes to Jun–Jul, 12–20 kt), https://www.airfly972.com/ecole (boat-supported lessons, east trades 12–20 kt, civil liability insurance required, FFVL/FFV licence covers it), https://www.martiniquekiteschool.com/ (FFVL-labelled school open Oct–Jun, shallow warm water standable everywhere), https://clubnautiqueduvauclin.com/ (club teaches kite and windsurf year-round, shallow water in the 300 m band). Water temperatures are estimates. Coordinates approximate the beach, not a surveyed launch. Windy links are searches/maps, not verified local webcams.
Local hazards
- Buoyed swimming and buffer zones — kite only right of the buffer
- Civil liability insurance legally required
- Coral barrier offshore
- Boat lane from the nautical-activity zone