Wind Forecasts and Other Links
We got fed up not having our weather and other kitesurf related bookmarks with us when we weren't in the office. So we made a Web page, and hope it helps more than us plan the next trip to the beach. UK biased, but with sites for France, Belgium, South Africa and some others lower down.
If you find any broken or new weather sites, please email us so we can add them.
Our Most Used Weather Sites
Weather: XC weather & Guru
Tides: by the BBC (eg SW UK)
Surf Reports & Forecasts: Magic Seaweed & A1suf.com
Forums: Kiteboarder.co.uk - KiteForum.com
UK Weather Web Sites
XC weather - UK, France, Germany, Italy & Spain
Guru- Global
Windwatcher.net - Current conditions around the UK & surf spot info!
MET Office
- Current observations
- Shipping Forecast
- Inshore Forecast
3 day BBC Wind animation put in your town or postcode - eg Hunstanton, Whitstable, Rye (Camber Sands), Hayling Island and Poole.
Charts:
- 6 day charts from Bracknell
- EU - 10 day charts for W. Europe - Unisys Weather
Cornwall: Newquay, Perranporth, FistralCam info, cams & forecasts
Kernow Kitesurf Club: Cornwall spot guide
Chichester - speed, direction and sea state
Whitstable - from Whitstable Windsurfing shop.
Worthing - web cam and wind details
Sheerness - web cam and weather details
Hastings (Camber Sands) - with archive.
France Weather Web Sites
XC Weather - France map with wind speed and direction
Med with wind speed and direction
France - Narbonne Plage Web cam
France - Collioure Web cam (past Leucate, towards Spain)
France - Forecasts
Map with wind speed and direction - Meteo France
Langeudoc Roussilon - (W Med coast) - click for 4 days - Meteo France
Med coast - 6, 12, 18 & 24 hour forecasts. - Meteo France
Med coast - Windfinder.com for 48 hours
Belgium Weather Web Sites
Web cams along the Belgian coastline
Zeebrugge - RustyHouse web cam from the beach hut
Zeebrugge - RustyHouse web cam log for last few hours
Zeebrugge - wind speed & direction updated every minute!
Other UK Web Site Weather Portals
- ColdSwell - surfer orientated, Web Cam's & wave heights
- UK weather links (and some EU ones at the end)
- Getaforecast.com/webcams.htm UK Web cams
Some Global Weather Sites
- Global Weather portal - airports
- Intellicast - US biased interface
South Africa Weather Sites
Live coastline feeds
Cape Town - 5 day with am & pm wind
Cape windsurf & kitesurf spots
Cape Town beaches summary
| Beaufort | knots | mph | kph | Observations | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tree leaves don't move; smoke rises vertically; sea is calm, mirror like | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-5 | Tree leaves don't move; smoke drifts slowly; Direction of wind shown by smoke, not by vane; sea is lightly rippled. | ||||||||||
| 2 | 4-6 | 4-7 | 6-11 | Tree leaves rustle; flags wave slightly; Vanes show wind direction; small wavelets or scale waves. | ||||||||||
| 3 | 7-10 | 8-11 | 12-19 | Leaves and twigs in constant motion; small flags extended; long un-breaking waves | ||||||||||
| 4 | 11-16 | 13-18 | 20-29 | Small branches move; flags flap; waves with whitecaps. | ||||||||||
| 5 | 17-27 | 19-24 | 30-38 | Small trees sway; flags flap and ripple; moderate waves with many whitecaps. | ||||||||||
| 6 | 22-27 | 25-31 | 39-50 | Large branches sway; umbrellas used with difficulty; flags beat and pop; larger waves with regular whitecaps. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 28-33 | 32-38 | 51-61 | Sea heaps up, white foam streaks; whole trees sway; difficult to walk; large waves. | ||||||||||
| 8 | 34-40 | 39-46 | 75-86 | Twigs break off trees; moderately high sea with blowing foam. | ||||||||||