25706 NC-12, WAVES · PRIVATE GRASSY LAUNCH · THE SLICK
REAL WatersportsAMERICA'S KITE CAMPUS
Lesson center · shop · bar
The self-billed number-one kite school in the world, and the reason Waves exists on kite maps: a full campus with lesson center, flagship shop, private grassy launch and the L-shaped island that creates the butter-flat REAL Slick just south — with Watermen's Retreat beside it so students sleep on the property line.
School spec sheet
SEASON 2026 · CHECKED BY THE AGENT
Location
Waves, NC — private grassy launch on the SoundSLEEP NEXT DOOR
The Slick
Dead-flat water behind an L-shaped natural island
Campus
Lesson center, flagship shop, bar & grill
Season
March → November prime
7-day wind forecast
HOME SPOT: PAMLICO SOUND AT WAVES (REAL SLICK)
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.
The Kitesurf Camp verdict Scale has its perks: more instructors, more gear, more rescue capacity and the flattest teaching water on the coast. The default first stop of American kiteboarding — book lessons before you book flights in summer.
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