Visiting Palm Coast area

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Originally Posted by Ronen

thanks for the info. how far south would i need to travel to get some warmer weather and still get some good kiting?

thanks again!

If we have good cold fronts, the entire state to varying degrees may see wind, perhaps really good wind too. As each front moves over the state, it interacts with other systems and either bumps up, down or stays the same. Also, the direction of the wind usually "clocks", making it unuseable in some areas when it shifts offshore. There are lots of wx planning articles on this site to help you with these considerations. Anyway, at some point, it could be good all the way south to Key West and points in between (recognizing the direction issue, i.e. blowing hard northwest is great for Sarasota, lousy for Ft. Lauderdale). Again, it has been unusually warm in Florida so far this December. I would talk to the guys at Ocean Extreme and get their take. As a rule things start to warm up around Ft. Pierce to Jupiter and further south on the east coast. Warmest conditions are in the Keys, although if you go all day you may even want a 3/2 or better down there if it is a strong cold front.