Utah Windriders Association

Yes, the dreaded Summer doldrums have hit. Not much potential
for wind anywhere. Slight potential for light wind at Rush
probably later (like 4 PM or so). 20 meters wouldn't be too small,
but you make the call.

Next potential for windsurfers is tomorrow at Sulfur mid PM for
8.5 conditions.

-Craig

Hi Craig,

Louis here,

any idea what Bear Lake will be doing on Thur thru Sun? I'll be up there for a vaca.
Thanks for the forecasts

Hi Louis,

I don't have much experience with Bear Lake, but a front is coming into
that area on Thursday. The front is occluded, so the wind will be a little
lighter than you might expect, and I think while it's West it will be pretty
gusty, so if you take a Kite board, keep a weather eye out. But, should be
ridable conditions on West wind. By Sunday it should go North, and
be much steadier, but I think if you're riding Windsurf gear, it's likely
to be 7.5 material or maybe an 18 M Kite.

I see the NWS is calling for South wind all 4 days, so I could be wrong.

If Kiting you'll probably want the West beach by Lakota (I don't know
if there's any public access over there), if Windsurfing you'll probably want the East beach. Once it goes North, you'll want the North beach in Idaho
(There's public access there).

Again, I don't have any real experience with Bear Lake, other than
some water-ski tournaments as an adolescent, and back then we thought
too much wind was 5 MPH. So your mileage may very,

-Craig

ljevaga wrote:Hi Craig,

Louis here,

any idea what Bear Lake will be doing on Thur thru Sun? I'll be up there for a vaca.
Thanks for the forecasts

Louis,

I have kited at bear lake the past two weekends and have had pretty good luck. There is public access on every side depending on the wind direction. For access to the west beach go up to Garden City and right after the Bear Lake Pizza turn right on a small access road that opens into plenty of beach (just south of the marina). The North and East Beaches have tons of open room and very little people. The East shore down by Laketown (first public access past the houses) has a sweet knee deep flatwater inside the sand bar.
I am not the best at the wind predictions but here is a sight that has given pretty accurate forecasts both times.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/ ... -111.32167

If that doesn't work go to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov and type in Laketown, Utah. There is a station about three miles west of there that gives pretty good readings. Both weekends it has been calm in the morning and picks up around noon for a few hours with pretty steady winds. Some locals told me about a drainage area on the west side close to Garden City that has a great funnel wind out of the canyon for some off shore rides, but we never found it or looked hard for it. Hope this helps.

Chris Hedquist

Hey guys,

thank you Craig for the forecast and thank you Chris for the public access info.