Kite spot on water · United States

LaPush

Name: LaPush
Address: US

Riders have kited it in NW.

Show on the map47.9049, -124.6344

Works in: NW
Nearest airport: YYJVictoria International Airport, 122 km

Forecast and webcams

Before you go

Forecasts often disagree. When Windguru, ALADIN and Windy agree, it is worth going.

Tips for this spot

Offshore wind carries you away from land. Do not ride it without a rescue boat.
When a storm is coming, get out of the water and land the kite at once. Gusts before a storm are violent and a kite overhead is the highest point around.
New spot: ask locals about shallows, currents and where people launch.

On site

Wind and riding area

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Direction the wind blows from. Based on riders' experience, not a forecast.

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From riders

What you need to know

Size of the area: Fairly tight space, maximum of 4 kiters total

Watch out for

Lots of surfers (they cleared the water when the wind picked up)community map
Shifty wind near the large offshore sea stacks.community map

Parking

Car park about 400 m from the spot.OpenStreetMap

Conditions

Tested in summer, clean wavescommunity map

In riders' own words

„Nick and I had dialed sessions here in the summer on a NW.“
„I would say no more that 4 kiters total at this place as it was relatively tight“
„OpenStreetMap way/245397218“
„OpenStreetMap way/246256824“
„the wind was a bit flukey near those massive sea stacks“
„It is packed with surfers who probably hate us and everything else (as they do). When the wind picked up, however, the surfers cleared out“
„Nick and I had dialed sessions here in the summer on a NW. ... the waves were clean“

Wind by month

When it blows

Average wind speed 10 m above ground from NASA POWER (MERRA-2, 2001–2025). The model works on a grid of roughly 50 km; on hills and by the water the wind is often stronger and gustier.

6.2Jan3.2

5.5Feb2.8

5.8Mar3.0

5.1Apr2.6

4.2May2.2

4.1Jun2.1

3.6Jul1.9

3.4Aug1.7

3.9Sep2.0

5.0Oct2.6

6.1Nov3.1

6.1Dec3.1

windiest monthsaverage wind in knots, NASA POWER; below the month in m/s

Values by month

January	6.2 knots · 3.2 m/s
February	5.5 knots · 2.8 m/s
March	5.8 knots · 3.0 m/s
April	5.1 knots · 2.6 m/s
May	4.2 knots · 2.2 m/s
June	4.1 knots · 2.1 m/s
July	3.6 knots · 1.9 m/s
August	3.4 knots · 1.7 m/s
September	3.9 knots · 2.0 m/s
October	5.0 knots · 2.6 m/s
November	6.1 knots · 3.1 m/s
December	6.1 knots · 3.1 m/s

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Sources: Community map “USA NW Kite Spots” (Google My Maps). Wind NASA POWER, airports OurAirports, photos Wikimedia Commons (author and licence with each photo). As of 17 October 2026. These are riders' reports; local rules change, so look around before you ride and follow local signs.