Live wind
Wind safety and operating limits not verified. No ride or kite-size recommendation.
Water & wetsuit
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About this spot
Unplug documents Rethymno as "a kitesurfing spot for Intermediate riders" located a few hundred yards east of the ferry port at the beach marked 'municipal beach'. It describes chop, small and medium waves, tide-independent water, winds often onshore or side-onshore with onshore NNE recommended, and a thermal component. Water gets deeper than wading depth fairly quickly.
The guide reports currents in the area — the port police advises care — and an undertow from the waves that makes walking out hard; hazards listed are swimmers, currents, boats and the harbour mole. Summer the beach is packed; winter it is empty. The guide reports no particular rules, but that is not verified legal permission, and swimming zones, the port boundary and launch access need local confirmation.
Sources
- Unplug — crete-rethymno-greece
Kite-specific listing: intermediate level, location east of the ferry port, onshore/side-onshore winds, currents, undertow, swimmers, boats and mole.
3-day forecast
Speed / gusts in knots. Safety data not verified; rideability colours and kite advice are withheld.
Conditions
- Water
- choppy, waves
- Depth
- Guide reports water deeper than wading depth fairly quickly
- Seabed
- sand
- Skill
- intermediate, expert
- Beginners
- Not for beginners — intermediate and up
- Wind range
- Not verified — no ride recommendation
Access & parking
Named beach only; current launch boundaries, permissions and access restrictions need local confirmation.
Parking: Not verified
Amenities
- Not verified
Needs local verification: Coordinates are approximate beach-area markers, not surveyed launch points. Wind safety and operating limits remain unknown; no ride or kite-size advice is issued. Sources confirm only the facts explicitly attributed to them.
Local hazards
- Currents and wave undertow — hard to walk out under control
- Swimmers, boats and the harbour mole
- Packed summer beach