iKitesurf: Weather & Waves

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4.2
451 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Whether you are kite foiling, kitesurfing in breaking waves, or kiteboarding the gnar on your local bay, river, or lake, you want and need the best possible forecasts and live wind reports… and iKitesurf has them! We have deployed over 65,000 proprietary Tempest Weather Systems, giving you real-time local weather right where you ride. With exclusive iKitesurf stations on near shore markers, buoys, piers, breakwaters, and key waterfront spots, we have a terrific number of local riding areas covered. Our Tempest Rapid Refresh Model delivers the most accurate Nearcast predictions to our customers. We supplement our proprietary data with information from government agencies including: NOAA, NWS, and bring in reports sets including the AWOS, ASOS, METAR, and even CWOP. iKitesurf creates a complete view of the weather with radar, forecast maps, and customized alerting.

Why you should download iKitesurf:

- Coastal observations from proprietary Tempest Weather Systems along with all public domain marine forecasts and reports (NOAA, NWS, METAR, ASOS, CWOP) including all major airports creating over 125,000 unique stations.

- Our exclusive Tempest Weather Systems deployed at coastal buildings, and at beaches, with haptic rain sensors, sonic anemometers, along with local barometric pressure sensors, provide ground truth observations.

- Live wind from our systems provides a better windy conditions flow map – augmented by current station reports with advanced quality control.

- Our Proprietary AI-enhanced Nearcast provides enhanced forecasting for temperature, wind gust, speed, direction, humidity, dewpoint, precipitation rate, probability of precipitation, and cloud cover percentage.

- Public domain forecast models including High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR), North American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM), Global Forecast System (GFS), Canadian Meteorological Centre Model (CMC), Icosahedral Non Hydrostatic Model (ICON).

- Free subscription for unlimited wind alerts with customizable thresholds to email, text, or in-app.

- Create your own Favorite station list to keep an eye on your go-to weather stations at all your foiling, kitesurfing, and kiteboarding spots.

- Maps - Live and Forecasted Wind, Forecasted Temperature, Radar, Satellite, Precipitation and Clouds, as well as Nautical Charts.

- National Weather Service (NWS) Marine Forecasts & Marine Warnings / Alerts.

- Also:
- Tides charts
- Wave height, wave period
- Water temperature
- Sunrise / sunset
- Moonrise / moonset
- Historical wind statistics
- Windy days per month based on average and gust
- Wind direction distribution

Want more weather?

- Upgrade to Plus, Pro, or Gold membership to gain access to more weather stations and forecasts.

- Access our exclusive ultra high-quality array of meteorologist-sited Pro stations at tip top coastal locations.

- Unlock access to iKitesurf’s second-to-none meteorologist-written hyper-accurate Pro forecasts written daily for kiting hotspots coast-to-coast.

- Detailed weather info, gusts, rain radar, satellite, NOAA, NWS, at spots of interest to coastal residents and property owners near the ocean, rivers, and other bodies of water.

- On the water features
- Sea surface temperatures
- Sea surface currents
- Detailed historical wind statistics
- Historical wind speed average by year

What else can you do?

- Join the Tempest Weather Network!
- Get a Tempest Weather System for your house, business, Kitesurf club, pier, or backyard.

Support: help.tempest.earth/hc/en-us/categories/200419268-Sailflow-iWindsurf-iKitesurf-FishWeather-WindAlert

Connect:
- facebook.com/tempestwx
- twitter.com/tempest_wx
- youtube.com/@tempestwx
- instagram.com/tempest.earth

Contact Tempest: help.tempest.earth/hc/en-us/requests/new
Website: tempest.earth

By purchasing a subscription or downloading iKitesurf you agree that you have read and accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
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Updated on
Feb 29, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
427 reviews
bobfun88
July 19, 2023
I use the app often for kiting and have been a paid subscriber for years. There have always been glitches but the last update has made it almost unusable. The only support I've received has been recommendations to restart the app. 7/19 update: Still suffering from the same bugs months after bringing them to the developer's attention. In response to the developer's reply below, I have had numerous emails over the past 6 months with support and none of the reported bugs have been repaired.
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WeatherFlow
July 19, 2023
Thank you, Fun Bob! We are scooping up and taking care of bugs as we find them, so please give iKitesurf Support team further details so we can address whatever you are seeing! iKitesurf App Main Menu > Settings & Help > Contact Us.
Ilia Broudno
November 29, 2023
Just paid for the membership on my desktop and it shows paid station on the desktop but not in the android app. I logged out and back in. I uninstalled and reinstalled. Still no dice
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WeatherFlow
November 29, 2023
Hi Ilia. iKitesurf Support will help you with whatever issue you're running into! Whatever the issue is, we'll figure it out! --> Main Menu > Settings & Help > Contact Us.
Shea Gibson
January 25, 2024
Best app ever for local and regional winds. Lots of great functions and well worth the Pro Membership!
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WeatherFlow
January 25, 2024
Thank you, Shea!

What's new

- Bug Fixes and Performance Enhancements