Overview

Great Kills Park is located on the east coast of Staten Island, in the Gateway National Recreation Area, facing Lower New York Bay. This park offers a vast beach and marsh area with bay water access. Waters are semi-sheltered with good fetch. Popular spot with Staten Island kiters.

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Spot forecast for Great Kills Park / Staten Island

Sunrise 07:13 · Sunset 18:09

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 03:01 · 1.5 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 09:27 · 0.7 m
High tide Tue 20 · 15:22 · 1.6 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 22:00 · 0.6 m

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Great Kills Park / Staten Island: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

310h

in March · 30 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 27 rideable days a month on average, at 17 °C. It peaks in March, with 310 hours of usable wind.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 79%13-20 knots · 20%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 79% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 3 °C. The wettest month is August, with 190 mm.

Monthly averages: Great Kills Park / Staten Island

Monthly averages — Great Kills Park / Staten Island — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	27.0	235 h	3 °C	77 mm
February	23.0	200 h	6 °C	71 mm
March	30.0	310 h	12 °C	113 mm
April	28.5	310 h	16 °C	67 mm
May	29.5	289 h	21 °C	92 mm
June	27.5	258 h	27 °C	122 mm
July	28.5	234 h	30 °C	168 mm
August	28.5	252 h	27 °C	190 mm
September	24.0	206 h	24 °C	52 mm
October	27.5	235 h	19 °C	49 mm
November	25.0	218 h	13 °C	50 mm
December	26.5	220 h	5 °C	97 mm

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Technical details of Great Kills Park / Staten Island spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

On the water

Lower New York Bay waters. Moderate chop in strong wind. Tidal currents present. Moderate depth. Sandy and muddy bottom. No direct ocean swell.

Hazards

Tidal currents. Maritime traffic in the bay. Muddy bottom in some areas. Marsh areas to avoid. National park regulations.

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