Windfinder.com

Real time weather station / spot rankings for kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing & sailing

Today we are proud to release the Windfinder iPhone App! With the app, you will be able to browse real time observations to see the current conditions at your favorite spot. And you will receive six days of wind and weather forecasts so that you will never miss a good day again...

This weekend, the German Kitelandboarding Championships took place at Wanlo near Mönchengladbach. Unfortunately, the weather conditions were pretty bad with strong rain falling in the night between Friday and Saturday, so the whole place was rain-sodden....

Today we can present you a new feature on the Windfinder website. In addition to our existing Superforecast maps for Europe and Egypt, we can now offer you Superforecast maps for North America, too...

We added more than 37 weather stations and forecast spots in the Philippines increasing the total number of forecast spots in the Philippines to 57...

Windfinder added observations from weather stations and weather buoys + forecasts in Hawaii: Hawi, Hilo Harbor, Kealakomo, South Point, Kaloko-Honokohau, Kawaihae (all on Big Island), Hakioawa (on Kahoolawe), Makapulapai/Kalaupapa (on Molokai), Kahuku, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base, Bellows Beach AFS,...

With a huge low heading straight for the North Sea, head judge Duncan Coombs, made the excellent call to start the wave heats early on the eighth day of competition at the Colgate World Cup Sylt...

After a dusk 'til dawn of wave action the previous day, a promising forecast had the freestyle fleet all set to do battle, and eager to get back on the water to strut their stuff...

With the skippers' briefing taking place at the crack of dawn, the wave fleet smothered the beach with kit and hit the water from the early hours...

In the past few weeks, we have worked on generating wind and weather forecasts as well as Superforecasts for Europe and North America especially for Paragliders...

Windfinder interviewed Dominican kiteboarder Ariel Corniel, 17 years old, winner of the PKRA kitesurf world cup in Cabarete 2007 who participated for the 1st time in the PKRA world cup in Skt. Peter-Ording in Germany this summer...

As the final competition of the 2009 PWA World Tour draws ever closer, the pressure rises amongst the sailors, and Sylt's iconic Westerland beach gears up for what promises to be a dramatic conclusion to the season.From September 25th through to October 4th the Worlds best wave sailors,...

The PKRA kiteboarding tour stop at the Greek island of Paros was a complete success. The riders enjoyed the conditions with warm waters and both light wind as well as strong wind conditions and the parties at night...