Great Pond Bay kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

U.S. Virgin Islands · St. Croix

Spot currently openIntermediate level 17.72 | -64.65

Overview

  • Kitesurf
  • Wingfoil
  • Windsurf
Great Pond Bay is a kitesurf spot located on the southeast coast of St. Croix. This spot offers open water with side-shore easterly trade winds. Conditions are suitable for intermediate and advanced riders.
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Spot forecast for Great Pond Bay

Sunrise 06:13 · Sunset 17:53

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

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Great Pond Bay: 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

427h

in May · 31 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 29 rideable days a month on average, at 28 °C. It peaks in May, with 427 hours of usable wind.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 29 rideable days J February: 25.5 rideable days25.5 d F March: 27 rideable days M April: 29.5 rideable days A May: 31 rideable days31 d M June: 30 rideable days J July: 31 rideable days J August: 29 rideable days A September: 27.5 rideable days S October: 26.5 rideable days O November: 28.5 rideable days N December: 31 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 29 rideable days J February: 25.5 rideable days25.5 d F March: 27 rideable days M April: 29.5 rideable days A May: 31 rideable days31 d M June: 30 rideable days J July: 31 rideable days J August: 29 rideable days A September: 27.5 rideable days S October: 26.5 rideable days O November: 28.5 rideable days N December: 31 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 43%13-20 knots · 56%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 13 and 20 knots — 56% of rideable hours. That is the most versatile range, where most kites work. The coldest month is February, at 26 °C. The wettest month is November, with 190 mm.

Monthly averages: Great Pond Bay
Monthly averages — Great Pond Bay — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 29.0 381 h 27 °C 26 mm
February 25.5 341 h 26 °C 67 mm
March 27.0 359 h 26 °C 32 mm
April 29.5 382 h 27 °C 96 mm
May 31.0 427 h 28 °C 142 mm
June 30.0 428 h 29 °C 79 mm
July 31.0 462 h 29 °C 93 mm
August 29.0 413 h 29 °C 164 mm
September 27.5 349 h 29 °C 123 mm
October 26.5 305 h 29 °C 125 mm
November 28.5 329 h 28 °C 190 mm
December 31.0 383 h 27 °C 51 mm

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Technical details of Great Pond Bay spot

N: Depending on conditions NNE: Rideable NE: Rideable ENE: Rideable E: Rideable ESE: Depending on conditions SE: Depending on conditions SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Not rideable SW: Not rideable WSW: Not rideable W: Not rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from NNE, NE, ENE, E.

Depending on conditions: N, ESE, SE.

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

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