The Azua Paraglide Flying Site

Azua is a town located about  1h 20min W from Santo Domingo, in the South Coast. A four-wheel drive vehicle is required, otherwise you have a 15 minutes hike up (not that hard).

The takeoff is located in a small range which highest point is less than 350 m AGL. This range runs E, parallel to the first big ranges of the Central Range which is about 2 km N.

The takeoff faces the sea (Bahía de Ocoa), about 5 km S. Azua, as most of the rest of the South West, a semi-desert terrain.

Launch Altitude AGL [m]: 90

Azua Wind Conditions for Paragliding flights:
It's an amazing flying site considering the takeoff altitude.

Pilots often takeoff early in the morning, about 10, to soar with the incoming sea breeze.
A little later you can start feeling thermal activity that gets to a peak about 12:30 PM.

Thermals may be disordered, but if you are patient and get more than 800 m AGL then you can head N for the bigger stuff. If you succeed in reaching the big mountains behind the takeoff area, then the normal route would be NW along the Central Range, exploiting the altitude wind blowing E.
XC potential is remarkable as the Central Range goes deep into Haiti, for more than 150 km.

Maximum XC distance registered: 60 km