The swell is awesome! Big, tall spaced out breakers, the wave period is a lot longer than Mille Lacs. They also seemed to rise and break longer, allowing for longer rides down the line on a given wave and the extra space gives you time to jibe and set up for the next one going the other way. Based on the KRRT readings posted, I would say add 5-10mph for RP from what is recorded by KRRT across the bay. Friday after a short 13m, Aboards Glider session in 12mph (a stray white cap here or there) a brief rain shower passed, the wind died, and then it cranked up to high-high twenties, with gusts easily in the mid-30s! I was WAY over powered on the 11m and my small board. Should have brought the 9m! Saturday was another solid 11m session, just at the upper edge of the kites range, kinda uncomfortable in the gusts. Again, based on my experience with this kite and the KRRT recorded wind speed, I would again say add 5-10mph to the forecasted KRRT wind. I'm fairly certain it was blowing mid twenties with gusts up to low 30s. Perhaps anyone with more experience on LOTW can confirm my hunch about this difference between the readings on the west side of the bay and the actual wind blowing across to Rocky Point.
After chatting with some of my family friends who have lived up here for quite some time, this place seems to be an untapped treasure of shallow bays and sand bars, with acres of waist deep water and fairly regular wind. Only trouble is a lot of is only accessible by boat. Anybody up for a houseboat trip? To bad the "warmer" riding weather is only a couple months a year.
