Newcastle Beach Park

Newcastle • United States (USA) flag

United States (USA) • Washington

19 windy days
/ year

Water type

lake

Beach type

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Crowd

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Rider level

expert

Tide dependent

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Waves

flat

Overview

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This is a good, advanced kitesurfing spot for Eastsiders. Newcastle has sick flat water upwind and can be really nice on a SSW. However, THERE ARE NO GOOD DOWNWIND OUTS. If you cannot ride upwind and stay well upwind of the dock immediately you must abort. Also Newcastle can be have big lulls so it is suggested you ride one kite size bigger than you normally would. If you work on the eastside this beach is awesome

Newcastle is best on SSW and SW winds when I-90 & SeaTac sensors are blowing 16+ and the Renton airport is 12+. It is dangerous and un-kiteable on SE winds . The best days and steadiest here are typically during a strong convergence. Often you can ride here when J-bay has shut down.

A couple notes about the launch: 1) Expect to self launch and self land here. This is typically done by drift launching from the beach and landing your kite behind the trees in the grass 2) Note: The wind at the launch is very turbulent as it is downwind of two buildings,so be careful and get your kite over the water. 3) The grass is really nice to roll your kite on 🙂 4) The beach is closed to kiters from June through early Sept.

It is your responsibility to check whether kitesurfing is allowed at the spot; you might need a 'special permit' or membership from a local kite organization, etc. Local rules can change. Respect others - kiters or not; kite safely and enjoy the wind!

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Weather

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11º 3º

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18º 8º

21º 11º

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22º 12º

16º 8º

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* Days with at least 12+ kt (or other threshold) of wind for at least 2h during daytime. Excluding thermal wind, unless the estimate is applied.

** Average wind for days that get at least 12+ kt (or other threshold) during daytime. Ie days with "no wind" are excluded. Does not include thermal boost.

Data stats by Kite Jungle are based on Open-Meteo.com and other sources More