SFBA Links

Here are some of links that are helpful to us local Bay Area sailors. Some of the sites were even created by SFBA members. See also: Wind Cams and Shops

Conditions/Forecasts/Weather/Tides

• SF Bay Area Windspeed Report - Don't suscribe to the wind_* mailings lists? Check out this for the most recent message. Courtesy of
• iWindsurf or iKitesurf - Wind reports (some free), classifieds and more...
• SF Bay Wind Patterns - Awesome graphical image of the current wind conditions, thanks
• Marine Weather - NWS Forecast Office San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey
• California Regional Weather Server - SF State - Lots of links to satellite maps
• San Francisco Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (SFPORTS) - Real-time observation for the maritime community
• Ken Poulton Mailing List Info - Here is the grand daddy of our local Internet information. Ken has e-mail lists for wind/weather conditions, as well as our own little pseudo-windsurfing style newsgroup. Courtesy of Ken Poulton
• WWW Tide and Current Predictor
  • Tides: SF Coyote Point, Berkeley
  • Currents: SF Treasure Island 3rd Ave
• One last tide site

San Francisco Water Quality

• SFPUC San Francisco Public Utilities commission - shoreline bacteria levels in San Francisco
• Earth911
• if you know of a water quality site for more of the Bay Area, please send it to webmaster@sfba.org ... thanks
• Bay Keeper - Founded in 1989, Baykeeper works to reverse the environmental degradation of the past and promote new strategies and policies to protect the water quality of the San Francisco Bay. For nearly two decades, Baykeeper and its Deltakeeper project have been the premiere watchdog of the water quality of the vast San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed.

  We are beginning an outreach initiative to publicize our pollution reporting hotline (1-800-KEEP-BAY) and engage windsurfers, kiteboarders, swimmers, etc in our efforts to stop sewage spills and other forms of pollution

Other Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Organizations

• Rio Vista Windsurfing Association - If you sail the Delta, please consider showing your support by joining the RVWA
• Corpus Christi Windsurfing Association (CCWA)
• Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association (CGWA)
• Baltimore Area Boardsailing Association (BABA)
• Central Coast Windsurfing Association (CCWA)

Great Local Stuff

• Team Coyote - windsurfing • kitesurfing, coyote point, 3rd ave, home of the mockumentary
• PappasRock.com - Windsurfing Pappas Rock!
• Fritz Muegenburg - diehard local windsurfer and amatuer photographer with lots of great local pictures
• wind_talk Archive - Ken' personal archive of this year's postings
• Save San Francisco Bay Association
• California Delta
• Cal Cup race series
• Formula Windsurf Racing in The Bay Discussion Forum
• Women on Water SF Women's windsurfing group
• Santa Cruz Windsurfing Scenes
• WindAndTides.com - San Francisco Bay Sailing Weather
• Gary Lester - Local Photographer, look for his Kitesurf albums

Other Great Stuff

• Wind On the Water - a google map of public wind data
• FullKite.com - a guide to kiteboarding schools worldwide
• Women on Water SF - (WOW) is a community organization for women windsurfers and kitesurfers in the SF Bay Area. They offer instructional clinics, equipment demos, and organize fun windsurfing events.

Travel links

• Kitesurfing Lanzarote, Famara - Kite Courses IKO, kiteboarding camp with kitesurf lesson for all levels and quality comfort accommodation in reserve natura Famara, Canary islands - Spain

non-wind/kite -surfing links created by SFBA members

Let us know if you know of a link that should be listed here - SFBA Webmaster