Dakhla Lagoon Weather
23.854° N, 15.830° W · Oued Ed-Dahab, Morocco
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About this spot
Dakhla Lagoon
The 40 km lagoon between the peninsula and the mainland is the reason Dakhla exists on the world kitesurfing map: flat, shallow, waist-deep water with a steady side-onshore trade wind almost every afternoon.
Local conditions
- Flat water, no waves — the wind reading matters far more than the swell here
- Water is shallow and warms faster than the open Atlantic
- Wind usually builds after 11:00 and peaks between 14:00 and 18:00
Next 24 hours
Hourly forecast — Dakhla Lagoon
Kitesurf & wing
Wind conditions right now
9 kt
17 km/h · NE · gusts 14 kt
Today's wind window
Peak 14 kt around 16:00
Solid bars show sustained wind, faded bars show gusts, in knots. The Dakhla lagoon starts working from roughly 12 knots and is at its best between 18 and 30 knots.
Live map
Radar and daylight — Dakhla Lagoon
Dakhla Lagoon radar
Interactive map by Windy. Drag to pan, use the timeline to animate the forecast — the wind layer is the one that matters most on this coast.
Daylight
Sun in Dakhla
Right now
Conditions in detail
UV index
0
Low
Pressure
1014 hPa
Normal range
Visibility
11 km
Good
Dew point
18°
Comfortable
Wind direction
NE
45° · 9 kt
Gusts
26 km/h
14 knots
Air quality
42
Moderate · European AQI · PM2.5 19 µg/m³
Air quality is the European AQI from the CAMS model via Open-Meteo — modelled for a grid cell, not measured at a local station. PM values are modelled concentrations in µg/m³. CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) via Open-Meteo.
Wave and sea-temperature values are not shown here: the marine model covers the open Atlantic and does not resolve the lagoon.
Data freshness
- Forecast hour
- Last successful fetch
- Dakhla local time
- 20 Sept, 06:05
Open-Meteo refreshes the underlying forecast model roughly once an hour, so a displayed value can be up to about an hour old. This page is cached for up to 15 minutes and rebuilt on the next visit after that, so the fetch time above may be older than your page load.
Sources:Open-Meteo · CAMS (air quality) · WorldTides
15 days ahead
Extended forecast
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Forecast confidence and limitations
This page shows model output, not measurements. How far ahead a value sits is the clearest guide to how much weight to put on it.
1. Near-term forecast
Today and tomorrow. Timing of the wind build-up and the session window is usually usable for planning a day.
2. Medium-range forecast
Days three to five. The pattern is generally reliable; exact wind strength and hours often shift.
3. Extended outlook
Beyond five days. Treat it as a trend for trip planning, not as a schedule — it will change.
Dakhla's wind is partly thermal: the Sahara heats up inland and pulls ocean air across the peninsula. Fog, the lagoon shore and the dunes all sit inside a single model grid cell of roughly 11 km, so the beach can differ from the grid-cell forecast.
Before going on the water, check the conditions in front of you and with your camp or school.
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