Weston-Super-Mare, England

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About Weston-Super-Mare, England

Weston-Super-Mare is a busy tourist hotspot all year round, and when the tide retreats out to sea, you will often see many kitebuggying enthusiasts and land-boarders taking advantage of the huge flat sands. However, there's still plenty of space for us kitesurfers. The sea is usually quite choppy, and the best time to kite is two hours either side of high tide, as after this it can get very muddy.There are hazardous posts that can be hard to spot at high tide, and the prevailing winds are very onshore. Therefore it is not a recommended spot for unsupervised complete beginners.

Traveling to Weston-Super-Mare, England

Being a tourist town, Weston is easily accessible. The town itself has great tram and bus routes, and the train station has services running to London, Bristol, Taunton, and Cardiff Central, with good cross-country links to Birmingham and the North. There are also the usual car hire facilities.

Facilities At Weston-Super-Mare, England

The town has everything you would expect from a bustling seaside resort, including restaurants, shops, bars, clubs, live music venues, cinemas, an aquarium, museums, fish and chips, and of course the pier. Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of guesthouses and hotels plus camping in and around Weston-Super-Mare. For kitesurf tuition, equipment, spares or some extra local knowledge we recommend contacting Bristol Kitestore.

COMMENTS

  1. Lee Francis said:

    If you can forgive the awful brown water, lots of wooden posts and the fact you can only kitesuf 2 hours of high tide this is not a bad spot. With parking on the beach, desinated kite area, friendly kiting community and only being 10 minutes from the motorway it provides the kitiing fix well. The state of tide will dictate the type of session, a neap tide can provide a fairly good flat water session, whilst a spring tide turns weston bay into a watery skate park with some fairly decent waves in the right conditions. The prevailing south westerly works well, but can be a bit lumpy due to the large headland of Brean down. Southerly wind provides flatest water on a cross shore, whilst westlerly and north westerly provides the cleanest winds being on shore. Contact UFOpowerkites for the best local knowledge.

    May 17, 2012 at 9:23 pm
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