iKitesurf: Weather & Waves

iKitesurf: Weather & Waves

By WeatherFlow

  • Category: Weather
  • Release Date: 2012-10-10
  • Current Version: 6.33
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 128.46 MB
  • Developer: WeatherFlow
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Score: 4.73012
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Description

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. - Apple Watch compatibility - 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 - Wind direction distribution Want more weather? - Upgrade to Plus, Pro, or Gold membership to gain access to more weather stations and forecasts. - Access exclusive ultra high-quality meteorologist-sited Pro stations at top coastal locations. - Unlock 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.weatherflow.com/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.weatherflow.com/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. https://got.wf/privacy https://got.wf/terms

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Reviews

  • Love this site

    5
    By Woody Maui
    Living in Hawaii and being an avid kiter, winger and windsurfer, I live on this site. It gives me all the info I need to determine where to go and what equipment to bring. I also us it to determine where to travel on vacation and what time of the year to go. Great site!
  • Best app for wind 💯🫡

    5
    By Ocean rider Fla
    Best app for wind 💯🫡
  • Buggy

    2
    By Snxucjdbeowjc
    Useful app when it works but it can be very buggy I’ve found. Recent update made things worse for me - can’t access the menu at all for one - the three stripe icon that allows access to the menu is stuck just off screen. Additionally, When I look on my Apple subscriptions it shows I’m subscribed to pro, but it won’t sync in the app and I can’t access pro account features despite being subscribed. App is great when it works but UE could use some work for sure
  • Kiteboarder

    3
    By Stofersan
    Fair - to good, not easy to find good locations. Awkward to use. Windy is much better and more predictive.
  • Indispensable!

    3
    By DF - Maui
    I couldn't survive without this app. It is incredibly accurate for my location in Maui. I check it multiple times a day, including at home when I'm deciding when to leave for the beach. And then again at the beach when I'm deciding what kite to pump up. I would LOVE a version for the Apple Watch! Update: the recent removal of the WRF-WF forecast model for Maui is a devastating reduction to the value of this app. The replacement TRRM model is a very poor substitute. It consistently forecasts lower wind than actual and doesn’t learn from its constant under forecasting. I’m forced to rely on the Blend model. It is also prone to under forecasting during afternoon hours, but I can just mentally add 4-5 mph and get pretty close. Unlike the TRRM model, the Blend model isn’t constantly predicting a drop in wind speed to some low nominal level—which never materializes. In contrast to the forecast models, the actual current wind speed values remain extremely valuable. 11/7/25 Update: the update today broke the app for use on my iPhone SE.
  • 👍

    3
    By HockeyJohnny
    It’s great. I just don’t want to pay for it.
  • Best source of wind sports forecasts

    4
    By Glacierjay1
    I check iKitesurf every day and get great discussion of the wind along with pretty accurate forecasts. I’d give it 5 stars except it is way too expensive
  • Best wind app!

    5
    By Shredgar747
    Been using iKite for years. I’m a kite instructor and it’s my go to.
  • Intuitive and accurate

    5
    By B-rad moto
    Great pro forecasts.
  • Accurate live data!

    5
    By Spidertract
    Very pleased with live & future forecasts

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