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Kitesurfing in
the USAPAMLICO SOUND FLATS
America's kite island
America's kitesurfing mecca is a sandbar in the Atlantic. At Cape Hatteras, the Pamlico Sound serves waist-deep flat water the size of a small sea on one side and the ocean waits two minutes across the road on the other, from March to November. The resorts in Waves and Rodanthe put the school on the property and the launch at the door — which is why the Outer Banks became the place American kiteboarding grew up.
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7-day wind forecast for Cape Hatteras
REFERENCE SPOT: CAPE HATTERAS · UPDATED DAILY
Pamlico Sound at Waves (REAL Slick) · Cape Hatteras STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 19.10
TODAY
19.10
31KTS · GUST 35
NNE · 6m
STRONG TUE
20.10
28KTS · GUST 34
N · 6m
STRONG WED
21.10
31KTS · GUST 34
N · 6m
STRONG THU
22.10
27KTS · GUST 29
N · 7m
STRONG FRI
23.10
23KTS · GUST 22
NNE · 9m
GO SAT
24.10
24KTS · GUST 25
NE · 7m
GO SUN
25.10
22KTS · GUST 24
NE · 9m
GO GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
USA kitesurf spec sheet
CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT
Wind
SW thermals + NE systems, ≥20 rideable days/month claimedJUN-JUL MOST CONSISTENT
Season
March → November prime, locals ride year-round
Water
Waist-deep sound flats + ocean waves across NC-12
Access
Fly Norfolk (ORF) or Raleigh (RDU), drive NC-12
Watch out
Hurricane season Aug-Sep, NC-12 storm closures
Time zone
UTC-5 · 6h behind CET
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