BEST KITE-SURF SPOTS IN CANADA

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The Top 20 Kite spots in Canada:

Zuanich Park

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Park with plenty of open space, and ideal laminar wind coming off the bay. Good chance to meet other folks flying all kinds of kites - occasionally, even paragliders ground handling.

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Cherry Beach

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Cumberland Bay - City Beach

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It is great Kiting  and Windsurfing Spot for South and South East Wind.

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Soccer Fields

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Lots of open space for kiting when there's no soccer being played. 

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Bay View Park

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Bayside park with plenty of room for kite flying. 

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Squalicum Fields

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Room to fly kites when the fields are open. 

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Keswick

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Birch Bay

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Great beach for flying kites. Just have to be mindful and courteous of the other people, enjoying the park. 

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Hood River Event Site

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Kite Hill @ Gasworks Park

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A place to fly kites, or kite a paraglider. Winds can be nice coming in off Lake Union. 

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Denton's Point

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Flat, Chop

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat to choppy water.

Beach type & size: Grass, Sand - Small

Infos: Little bit of sand, but lots of grass.

Identified hazards: None

Weather specificities: Shorts during summer, otherwise a long wetsuit is needed.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Best winds during winter.

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, November, December

Access description: by Car - From Butte take the 90 West and then take 1 West to Anaconda. Georgetown Lake is about 17 miles further west. Get onto Denton's Point Rd and get to Denton's Point.

Specific rules: None

Accommodations: Parking

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Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal

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Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Buoys, Stones, Shells

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Tide, choppy water, can also be flat behind the dam.

Beach type & size: Pebbles, Stones - Medium

Infos: Stones, logs, when the tide is out, lots of seaweed, but once you're on the water, it's excellent. Old logs on the beach.

Identified hazards: Shells, Other

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Mostly sunny from April to October. Shorty suit good June thru August. In winter a dry or heavy wetsuit is a must. Winter temps range 5-12C. Wetsuit needed all year-round.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Depending on the wind, kites can be from 8 to 20 sqm. There is a road dividing the N and S, which acts as a wind break for the waves. Lots of wind higher up where the kite is, reasonably flat water where you're riding.

Access description: by Car - From Vancouver, drive towards the Tsawassen ferry terminals, and turn off the side road at the last set of lights before the terminal. The beach is just south of the dam.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: No fire and no camping.

Nightlife: Lots of nightlife in Vancouver.

Accommodations: Parking

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Chapin Beach

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Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Currents

Water quality: Clean

Infos: At dead low tide you have to walk quite a ways to get to the water. Anything other than dead low tide has flat water inside the sandbar and can have waves outside depending on wind strength and direction.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Nice sandy beach with enough room to launch and land kites. One obstruction is the ramp that allows 4WD vehicles to drive down on to the west end of the beach.

Identified hazards: Cars

Beachgoer: July, August, None

Weather specificities: Mid-late summer water temps reach about 70F. That is the max. Summer air temps range from 65-80F. Drysuits are needed from late October until mid April.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Varies considerably. North winds are frontal driven and seem to be best early in the day. SW thermals develop as the day goes on and seem to reduce the strength of northerlies as the day progresses. Chapin is best in Northeast and Northwest winds.

Best months: March, April, May, September, October, November

Access description: by Car - For Chapin, take exit 8 of Route 6E and go north on Union Street. Turn right on 6A and head east for three miles. Turn left on New Boston Road. (Chapin Beach is just past the Aqua Cultural Research facility so watch for their signs.) Go 1/4 mile and trunk right on Beach Street. At the fork, take the middle road (Taunton Avenue). Taunton takes a sharp left at the water and becomes Dr. Bottero Road. The next fork is ACR's driveway, bear right and continue to the beach.

Specific rules: Zones, Fees

Extra: In the summer their is a parking fee ($8) for non-residents. The lot is not very big and can fill up. During the summer it is best to kite at the far end of the beach away from the beach crowd. Also, please be mindful of restrictions associated with piping plover habitat. If there are nesting pairs in the dunes, kites cannot be flown within 200 meters of the nests.

Accommodations: Toilet, Parking

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Columbia Beach

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Cold water. Big swell if it is windy. Wind waves. Small to large.

Beach type & size: Sand, Rocks - Medium

Infos: Rocky, sandy a bit of everything. There is a small but suitable rigging area. Make sure you stay upwind or you'll soon find yourself in a wind shadow with no hope of making it back in. Unless you stay offshore which I would never recommend.

Weather specificities: Very cold most of the time. Wetsuit is always necessary with a drysuit advisable in all seasons but summer.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Very erratic. Predictions are often incorrect. Usually 16sqm kites and bigger weather but sometimes 10sqm kites. Wind shadow further downwind, you need to stay upwind.

Access description: by Car - North of Nanaimo and Parksville. Follow signs to Qualiqum Beach. Follow road along the water till you see a large sign saying Columbia Beach.

Specific rules: None

Extra: Not a good learning location maybe at real low tide but as soon as you get blown downwind you'll hit the wind shadow and more than likely you'll be in for a swim.

Accommodations: Parking

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Little Baja

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: River

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Currents, Ships

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Flat to choppy water. Can be a little swell.

Beach type & size: Sand - Small

Infos: Small, sandy, secluded beach. Watch out for broken rocks in the sand.

Identified hazards: Rocks, Trees

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Weather in the summer can be 90+F with water temperatures warm enough for board shorts only in July and August. Shorties come in for June and September. Full wetsuits the rest of the year. Winters are not really kite-able here, with the bitter, blustering Easterly winds bringing snow, hail, and rain.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Spring: March to May, light winds 12-20, somewhat finicky. Summer: June to early September, windy, 15-35, pretty solid. Fall: September to October, light to moderate winds, but very steady: 13-25. Main direction westerlies. Steady wind.

Best months: May, June, July, August, September

Access description: by Car, Boat - Drive from Portland to Hood River. Stay on I-84 and drive further east until you reach Martin Spring. Drive further towards Squally Point and before you reached the Tooley Lake, stop and park somewhere. No real parking and not easy access. You need to walk a long way over the rail road tracks and through a field of scattered, rusty barbed wires until you reach a small sandy beach. For exact location look out for kites from I-84.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Kiting or even parking at this spot has been banned. Too many people were parking here to go kiting so the railroad who owns the land has instated the ban. But you can still access with a boat.

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: None

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Chateauguay

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Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lake

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Swimmers, Ships

Water quality: Clean

Beach type & size: Sand - Small

Identified hazards: Bystanders

Beachgoer: June, July, August

Wind type: Frontal

Access description: by Car -

Accommodations: Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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Barnstable Beach Point

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Swimmers, Currents, Ships, Jetskis

Water quality: Crystal clear

Beach type & size: Sand - Tidal

Beachgoer: May, June, July, August, September

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Boat Launch

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lake

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Mole

Water quality: Clean

Infos: If there is a North onshore wind try this site for a real treat of semi hollow big waves that can wrap around the long rock jetty.

Infos: Park, rig and launch by the trailer parking area south of the rocks.

Identified hazards: Rocks

Weather specificities: Season from March to November. Wetsuit needed all year. Frozen in winter.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Good launch for Northerly winds. Keho is most recommended during Southwest and Westerly winds. When there is a westerly flow, it is always windy close to the mountains earlier in the day, at Pincher Creek / Oldman Dam ... the wind spreads out over the prairies later (You can actually do a bit of work and then catch an afternoon or evening session at Keho). The rule of thumb is if it blowing 30k at Claresholm, turn and go to Keho ... if the wind at Claresholm is very light, keep on going to the Oldman. Claresholm is actually in the wind shadow of the Porcupine hills, so do not expect strong Westerly winds there ... usually if its 30km/h at Claresholm, it will be 60 km/h and up at Keho Lake! The lake is wide and has no hills or trees to break the wind, so the wind is generally steady and strong. In general warm Chinook winds blow through from the Southwest and West as early as March as spring rolls in. It breaks up the ice and keeners are out with warm air days possible. Chinooks very often get to 50 km/hr to 80 km/range, with some nice days at 100 km/h. It is comfortable in May and gets progressively warmer until July and then the wind is less strong. September it picks up again with strong colder Northwesterlies dominating, but still some great Chinook wind days from the West and Southwest roaring through. A very rough guess is on average that Chinooks come once a week for 3 days of solid 60 km/h plus winds for windsurf and kite and 2 days lighter kiting winds.

Best months: March, April, May, June, September, October

Access description: by Car - Located 1.5 hours southeast of Calgary. Driving from Calgary, head south to Claresholm, then turn east (left) towards Barons and at Barons go south (right) towards Nobleford for 2 or 3 miles then left (east) towards Keho for 1 kilometer. Get to the south of the lake and take the road west of the golf course. Park, rig and launch by the trailer parking area south of the rocks.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: Please keep it clean, pack it out. Use existing trails, do not drive over the latest hay and wheat crops around the lake. No vehicle parking within 150 meters (500 feet) of shoreline. No parking on sand. No camping over night! The Keho golf course across the lake has an amazing $5.00 breakfast!

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Camping, Parking

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Sauble Beach

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lake, River Mouth

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Jetskis

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Lake Huron offers shallow waters.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Miles of beautiful natural sandy shores on the Bruce Peninsula in Southern Ontario.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Air temperatures vary in summer from 70-80+F. Hot dry summer.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Steady winds, 12-30+ knots. Gusty in spring and fall, summer with afternoon thermals.

Best months: May, June, September, October

Access description: by Car - From Toronto Central/West GTA (3 hours): From the 401, follow Hwy 10 North to Chatsworth. Turn (right) onto Hwy 6 North, and continue on through Owen Sound to Hepworth. Then West to Sauble Beach on Bruce Rd/Main St. until you hit the beach.

Specific rules: Zones, Time, None

Extra: During summer months (July to August) the beach is crowded between 11am-4pm. Avoid launching on the main beach.

Accommodations: Rooms, Camping, School, Shop, Toilet, Food, Parking

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Place de Ste-Luce

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Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Currents

Beach type & size: Rocks - Big

Identified hazards: Rocks

Beachgoer: June, July, August, September, October

Weather specificities: The water temperature is around 4-6C in the mid-summer.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Do not ride here with offshore winds.

Best months: June, July, August, September, October

Access description: by Car -

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: Go to Rimouski and you will have all what you need.

Accommodations: Rooms, Camping, Rescue, Toilet, Food, Parking

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