Lessons - Gear - Travel
Wind Report
Warning: You Can't trust the forecast!
It may get very windy in spite of low forecast.
See LIVE webcam 4 Belmont Shore for the real deal!
See NOAA Satellite animation to check Catalina Eddy/fog.
See below: Current Wind Observations
Yesterday's Actual ( a good prediction for today )
Week's forecast ( not reliable )
Water Quality ( normally great except 48 hrs after rain )
Long Beach, California
Mar-Sept
Spring and Summer Winds
Our local spot. Steady light sea breeze in Belmont with exceptional open beach and sandy bottom makes it a fantastic place to learn kiting. Plan on wind 12-6pm spring and summer. We do beg lessons in the early day for lighter wind, and more advanced lessons are best 2-6.
Water Temps and Wetsuits
Water is cool and wetsuit advised. Winter 4/3 full suit is advised as water can get below 60F and storm weather will bring air temps of about 50F. Feb 3 is coldest water of the year and by summer its up to 70F and a spring suit is advised, air temps may be from 70-85F.
Winter Winds
We find some wind as storms come through but its not reliable and can be high winds and gusty and not right for rookies. Most locals travel to warm or snowy destinations for winter fun. See my travel page for ideas and wind reports in spots around the world.
Wind Reports Free
Note that the FREE LIVE BELMONT WEBCAM linked here and on our home page is the best current info, as you can see kiters live at the Belmont Spot for free, but it does not predict.
Suggested
Travel
Calendar
see KiteTrips
for more wind reports and travel ideas
Winter
San Filipe
Caribbean
La Ventana
Florida Keys
Spring
South Padre Island
Aruba
Egypt
Utah Snowkiting
Summer
San Quintin, Mex
Hood River
Hatteras
Maui
Sherman Island
Greece/Trukey/Spain
Fall
Brazil
Grand Caymen
Weather Wind and Waves
Sailflow- Free and easy pier J is close to Belmont Shore.
Windguru and iphone app by same name is very good.
Windcam Ikitesurf - And Iphone app Wind Alert is THE BEST.
Webcams Surfline - Best webcam for surf or kiting with live feed from many beaches
Windfinder- Weather info and directory worldwide.
Heal the Bay - Water Quality Information
800.939.4640 info@SoCalKitesurfing.com
Water Quality
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