The Southern California and Central California launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. We all know how Santa Ana winds localize and how they feel but what causes these winds? Generally, these winds are caused by a surface high-pressure area in the Great Basin. But what causes this high-pressure…
The Southern California and Central California launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. Notice the tiny 400-mile wide remanent of the North Pacific High centered 100 miles West of San Francisco that is shrinking fast. Note how most of its mass isbeing absorbed into a huge growing 1200-mile-wide high-pressure…
The La Ventana & Los Barriles launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. First notice how our high-pressure wind machine is still anchored over the Four Corners. But notice how its pressure gradient isobar lines do not even reach the Sea of Cortez much less La Ventana….
Since this is an El Niño year the wind-killing Sub-Tropical Jetstream is much more likely to come over Baja’s East Cape and kill the winds. So far we have been lucky but today the Sub-Tropical Jetstream is close enough that I thought you would like to see the wind-killing bullet that missed us. Take a…
Overnight the 1000 mile wide North Pacific High has pushed a huge ridge of high-pressure inland which is morphing into a separate high-pressure over the southern Great Basin/Four Corners. This tends to turn our ocean winds a less favorable NNW direction and create NE winds over the interior at the surface and just aloft. This…
The 1000 mile wide North Pacific High is still, weirdly in an early summer location so why is the Santa Maria Ocean buoy blowing NNW rather than NW. And why are NE winds starting to pick up on the Southern California coast? In this first image you can see part of NPH moving inland into…
The La Ventana & Los Barriles launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. IF we get a hole in the clouds… chance of mid to late afternoon mid-teens NORTHERLY WINDS wind reaches Rasta Beach then La Ventana but not Los Barriles. Note: Another Canadian is preparing our way…
The La Ventana & Los Barriles launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. The wind pattern starts changing today. Unless the change is slower than expected we only see mild winds that hit the foil range. This imagery shows the topics discussed in todays forecast. Note: Our ikitesurf.com…
The tiny village of La Ventana is known for its amazing Sea of Cortez sunrises framed between Isla Ceralvo and Punta Arena. But usually, the sunsets behind the mountains pale in comparison. But last night this “evil beauty” sunset appeared. The winter weather in southern Baja is supposed to be endless blue skies and calm…
The La Ventana & Los Barriles launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. Let’s talk clouds. If you are in the La Ventana area, first notice the thin line of puffy LOW clouds streaming over Isla Ceralvo (AKA Isla Jacques Cousteau). These clouds are good news since…