Information about Pamlico Sound

airwave · Joined: 29 Jun 2000 Posts: 386

Actually Hurricane winds hardly ever produce. Usually they are either to far off shore and suck up all the energy or way too close to shore and to windy.
On occasion one will hit the sweet spot but not usual and you have to be in the right place somewhere between Key West and New York.

August and September are pretty weak wind periods on the OBX.

October and November can be great due to the fronts moving through as the seasons change.

windfind · Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1901

From Shea, our Outer Banks meteorologist and windsurfer.

Hi there ephilipblack - sending this to Mike to pass on to you sir. Sorry it took me a little bit to respond.

OBX is a fairly windy location as the warm season cranks up. Atlantic/Bermuda Highs setup and bring the S/SSW/SW Sea Breezes to life with some power. Statistically out in the middle of the sound, June is one of their best months with an average of ~45% @ 22kts+, 75% @ 17kts+ and nearly 100% @ 13kts+. However, closer to the launch side (we'll take the Real Watersports Slick for e.g.), the stats are lower, but still good. There at Real it is ~30% @ 22kts+, 55% @ 17kts+ and about 80-85% @ 13kts+.

As far as logistics, Real Watersports has a place they rent out for lodging right next door and are pretty friendly folks:

http://www.watermensretreat.com/

But there are plenty of rentals up that way if you find a good real estate company - or even a better deal with VRBO / AirBnB!

I took the liberty of calling Real and got their rep named Phil to provide his email address: phil@realwatersports.com - said to call him with any questions you have.

About the windsurfing gear - there is a shop that carries gear there called Ocean Air that should work for you - just give them a call! Here is their site: https://www.oceanairsports.com/

Hope all of this helps!!

Cheers!

motogon · Joined: 19 Aug 2000 Posts: 376 Location: Philly

REAL is kite shop, they don't have any windsurfing equipment... and I would NOT windsurf at REAL - don't want to risk my life to be cut by lines of novice kiters.

U2U2U2 · Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 6:13 pm Post subject:

Real Winds is indeed a kite shop, the lodging associated with it is a palace price.

The advise from said meteorologist, about Ocean Air is good, the remainder deep six