- Good kite forecast: wind 13.6 m/s, gusts 13.0 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (13.6 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (13.0 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.2 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.2°C)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.1 m/s) (GFS27 13.3 m/s vs ICON Global 8.2 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (13.3 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (13.1 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.2 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.0°C)
- Good kite forecast: wind 10.7 m/s, gusts 10.4 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (10.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (10.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.7°C)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 8.3 m/s) (ECMWF 13.6 m/s vs ICON EU 5.3 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.4°C)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.8 m/s) (ECMWF 14.2 m/s vs ICON EU 7.4 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.0°C)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Light wind – experience required (5.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.0°C)
- Too light wind – kite foiling only (4.3 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.3 m/s) (ECMWF 9.3 m/s vs ICON Global 4.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.4°C)