Fiesta Island (Mission Bay)
San Diego · near San Diego · San Diego
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Spring–summer (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F) — shorty or 3/2
What is here
- Amenities
- Designated kite/wing area · Flatwater · Warm-ish water · San Diego convenience
- Best for
- Flatwater kiting/winging in San Diego
- Features
- San Diego's kite/wing flatwater · Designated riding area · Warm-ish, protected water · Beginner-friendly
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Designated kite zone (respect rules) · Boat traffic · Lighter wind · Crowds on weekends
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- kite · wing · windsurf
- Conditions
- flat
- Venue
- bay
- Wind kt
- 14
- Wind
- W sea breeze, 8–18 kt afternoons — flatwater within Mission Bay
- Intl tip
- San Diego's designated kite/wing flatwater spot in Mission Bay — gentle W sea breeze (8–18 kt), warm-ish protected water (shorty/3/2). Beginner-friendly; schools nearby. Stay in the designated riding zone and mind boat traffic and weekend crowds. Lighter wind (learning/cruising). Convenient to the city. The SD flatwater go-to.
The guide
Fiesta Island, within San Diego's Mission Bay, is the city's designated kiteboarding and wingfoiling flatwater spot — a protect…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Fiesta Island (Mission Bay) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 32.77, -117.22