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Spot de lake erie | pleasant beach

lake erie | pleasant beach kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Canada · Ontario

42.86 | -79.13

Overview

Pleasant Beach sits on Lake Erie's north shore near Fort Erie in the Niagara region. The beach faces south with good fetch across the lake. The Fort Erie area offers several spots along the coast.

Residential beach with public access. Limited street parking. Sand beach launch. Quiet spot, less known than Long Point or Nickel Beach.

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lake erie | pleasant beach: when to go?

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

The season runs from May to August, peaking in July: 19 rideable days a month and 183 hours of usable wind, at 24 °C. The low point is September, at 11.5 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 64% 13-20 knots · 32% 21-30 knots · 4% 31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 64% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -1 °C. The wettest month is April, with 121 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — lake erie | pleasant beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 16.5 136 h -1 °C 71 mm
February 15.5 142 h 2 °C 46 mm
March 21.5 199 h 8 °C 38 mm
April 16.5 162 h 12 °C 121 mm
May 17.5 175 h 19 °C 52 mm
June 19.0 192 h 24 °C 72 mm
July 21.0 183 h 27 °C 96 mm
August 18.5 153 h 25 °C 61 mm
September 11.5 98 h 24 °C 48 mm
October 14.5 132 h 16 °C 65 mm
November 15.0 124 h 9 °C 56 mm
December 17.0 132 h 1 °C 75 mm
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Technical details of lake erie | pleasant beach spot

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Spot opening date

Open all year round

Required level

Intermediate

On the water

Lake Erie facing south. Warm freshwater in summer (22-26°C). Moderate chop. Sandy bottom, gradual depth. Among the warmest water in the Great Lakes.

Hazards

Possible currents in the Fort Erie area (Niagara River influence downstream). Sudden thunderstorms in summer. Residential parking — respect private properties. Possible algae in late summer.

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