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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.

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SF Bay Area Windspeed Report - Don't suscribe to the wind_* mailings lists? Check out this for the most recent message. Courtesy of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ">Ken Poulton
iWindsurf or iKitesurf - Wind reports (some free), classifieds and more...
SF Bay Wind Patterns - Awesome graphical image of the current wind conditions, thanks This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ">Jonathan Feinstein
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ">Ken Poulton
WWW Tide and Current Predictor
- Tides: SF Coyote Point, Berkeley
- Currents: SF Treasure Island 3rd Ave
One last tide site

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ... 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

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's Third Ave album - Local Photographer, check these Windsurf and Kitesurf images

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

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