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Type:	Shallow, Flat, Small Wave (< 1m), Medium Wave (1-3m), Big Wave (> 3m)
Hazards:	Reefs
Quality:	Crystal Clear
Best Tide:	Coming Tide, Falling Tide

The Sakalava Bay is a beautiful large shallowed bay with really clear water at high tide. It looks like a big Polynesian lagoon with a reef located at about 800 meters from the beach with some good waves breaking on it (1 to 2 meters high). The reef can be reached easily because of the sideshore wind conditions.

Type:	Sand
Size:	Medium
Hazards:	None
Beach Users:	None

The Sakalava Bay is a large and rounded sandy beach, so there is sand everywhere to launch or relaunch the kite if ever you were going anywhere downwind on that bay.

Best Months:	June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Wind Type:	Thermal Winds, Trade Winds
Best Direction:	NE, SSE
Main Direction:	NE, SSE, S

The best season for the wind is beetween July and December. At that time the Northeast winds can be really strong (like 30/40 knots), it's dropping in December, and leaving place some Southeast light winds blowing the rest of the year.

Transport:	Car
Access:	Short Walk

Get directions from

From main European capitals, take a flight to Antananarivo in Madagascar. From Antananarivo take another flight to Diego Suarez. From Diego airport take a taxi to the village of Ramena, it's the nearest small village from Sakalava Bay (15 minutes driving), or ask directly for Sakalava Bay. There are some nice bungalows and a windsurf center with a restaurant right on the beach.

Rules:

None

At night time, there is an insane disco with wonderful girls called 'Le Nouvel Hotel' at Diego Suarez.