adam2 wrote:Based on my years of riding Boundary Bay here's how to tell when to go at Third Ave:
1. The night before, check bigwavedave.ca -Forecasts -> Wind Prediction #1, see if it is forecasted to be windy.
2. If it calls for morning wind, get up early the next morning go to "LIVE WIND" on ikitesurf.com and check for SE wind on the Saturna Island (very useful) and Sand Heads sensors (less useful, but gives you a sense of the overall trend). Click the arrows to bring up the graphs. If the graphs look good go. You don't need an ikitesurf membership to do this. If the sun is up already check conditions on the camera at boundarybayweather.com. You want Easterly (onshore) to Southeasterly (side-on) winds for Third ave.
3. If it is windy, go. Don't screw around getting coffee, waiting for your favorite tide or for traffic. This is Boundary Bay, not La Ventana, winds rarely last long and if they do, they often clock offshore throughout the day they you're stuck driving to White Rock or the ferry terminal (meh) for a southwesterly session. Wind here is frontal, you have to get it as it passes through.
And lastly, for fall kiting take all your kites and boards, the kite you leave at home is most likely the kite you'll wish you had.
Very wise Advices
Also bring copple thermos of hot beverage and even extra hot water in cooler for warm ups and clean up.
BEGINNERs: easier and safer to launch on beach at mid /low tides and definitely to learn its awsome .
