Kiteboarding Weather Education

Welcome to the Kiteboarding Tampa Bay Weather Education section!

Since kiteboarding is a wind powered sport, understanding the weather is very important. Also, knowing how to recognize changing weather conditions, cloud formations, and changes in the "texture" of the water (whitecaps!) is all part of learning to become a safe and competent kiteboarder.

"Know Before You Go"                       

Learning how to read wind and weather forecasts is also very important as a kiteboarder. Kiteboarding Tampa Bay has prepared some great articles to begin your education as a future kiteboarder.

Here's a list of helpful kiteboarding weather related articles:

What Is A Seabreeze? Cold Fronts and Warm Fronts Reading Wind Direction  The Beaufort Scale Wind Turbulence