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USAPAMLICO SOUND FLATS
America's kite island
America's kite mecca is a sandbar in the Atlantic: Cape Hatteras, where the Pamlico Sound serves waist-deep flat water the size of a small sea, the ocean waits two minutes across the road, and the resorts in Waves and Rodanthe put the school on the property and the launch at the door.
The spots
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7-day wind forecast
REFERENCE SPOT: CAPE HATTERAS · UPDATED DAILY
Pamlico Sound at Waves (REAL Slick) · Cape Hatteras STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
34KTS · GUST 40
SW · 6m
STRONG TUE
21.07
29KTS · GUST 38
SSW · 6m
STRONG WED
22.07
29KTS · GUST 37
SSW · 6m
STRONG THU
23.07
28KTS · GUST 35
N · 6m
STRONG FRI
24.07
20KTS · GUST 21
NE · 9m
GO SAT
25.07
23KTS · GUST 24
NNE · 9m
GO SUN
26.07
19KTS · GUST 22
N · 10m
GO GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
Country 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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