Alki

Current Conditions

Current conditions at 12/14 5:53 PM - SEATTLE/BOEING - 7 km away.

December 6, 2025
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Wind Forecast

Dec-14
Sunday
14-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 2 5 2
Temp F           50 52 52
Precip (mm/3hr)           0.1 0.1
Cloud Cover
Dec-15
Monday
15-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 11 12 13 13 17 14 12 9
Temp F 52 54 55 55 57 54 48 46
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.1
Cloud Cover
 
Dec-16
Tuesday
16-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 8 9 9 12 9 13 14 19
Temp F 48 48 48 52 52 52 52 52
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.3 2.4 0.7 2.6
Cloud Cover
 
Dec-17
Wednesday
17-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 18 15 14 13 11 11 8 7
Temp F 45 43 43 43 46 45 43 45
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.8 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.4
Cloud Cover
 
Dec-18
Thursday
18-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 6 4 2 2 7 17 13 9
Temp F 43 43 41 41 43 52 48 48
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.1
Cloud Cover
 
Dec-19
Friday
19-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 4 4 5 6 8 8 8 10
Temp F 45 43 43 43 45 45 41 41
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Cloud Cover
 
Dec-20
Saturday
20-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
Speed (knots) 13 11
Temp F 43 41            
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.4 0.1            
Cloud Cover
 

Current Observations from sourced from NOAA Aviation Weather Center (AWC). Forecasts based on MSC’s GDPS (GEM-Global) model

 

Nearby Stations

The following stations are near this spot.

Name ICAO Date Distance (Km) Wind Speed Direction Status Conditions
BREMERTON NTNL KPWT 12/14 6:07 PM 28.7 5
 
 Wind: 5 kt Weather: light rain Clouds: few at 300 ft; scattered at 700 ft; overcast at 2300 ft Temp: 9°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
TACOMA/MC CHORD KTCM 12/14 5:55 PM 53.1 0
 
 Wind: calm Clouds: broken at 3300 ft; broken at 4300 ft; overcast at 6000 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1015 hPa
PUYALLUP/THUN KPLU 12/14 5:55 PM 55.2 0
 
 Wind: calm Clouds: broken at 3800 ft; broken at 6000 ft; overcast at 7500 ft Temp: 11°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
FORT LEWIS/GRAY KGRF 12/14 5:55 PM 59.8 0
 
 Wind: calm Clouds: scattered at 3100 ft; broken at 4600 ft; overcast at 5500 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1015 hPa
SEATTLE/BOEING KBFI 12/14 5:53 PM 7.3 6
 
 Wind: 6 kt Clouds: scattered at 2500 ft; broken at 3800 ft; overcast at 12000 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
RENTON KRNT 12/14 5:53 PM 16.7 4
 
 Wind: 4 kt Clouds: broken at 3700 ft; broken at 5000 ft; overcast at 11000 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
SEATTLE/METRO KSEA 12/14 5:53 PM 16.7 4
 
 Wind: 4 kt Weather: light rain Clouds: few at 3400 ft; broken at 5500 ft; broken at 10000 ft Temp: 10°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
EVERETT KPAE 12/14 5:53 PM 37.1 11
 
 Wind: 11 kt Clouds: few at 1900 ft; broken at 2900 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
TACOMA KTIW 12/14 5:53 PM 38.8 0
 
 Wind: calm Clouds: overcast at 3100 ft Temp: 11°C Pressure: 1016 hPa
DW4859 Seattle D4859 0.8
EW3526 Seattle E3526 1.0
EW8046 Seattle E8046 1.2
K7LER Seattle AU957 3.7
DW6665 Seattle D6665 4.6
FW7103 Seattle F7103 4.9
Seattle-Duwamish A1644 5.1 No data
Seattle-10th & Weller A1526 5.5
FW0821 Seattle F0821 6.3
DW6811 Seattle D6811 6.6
WEST POINT (LS) 15.6

Spot Details

Alki beach in West Seattle can sometimes work as a north wind launch. It is only occasionally used as a kiteboarding launch. If there are 4 kiteboarders out it is one of the busiest days of the year. The usual launch is near the NE end of the beach, the first end you get to driving there from the West Seattle bridge. There is about 1/4 mile of beach down wind, and beyond that another 1/4 mile of sidewalk just a bit higher than high tide water, and some beach beyond that before Alki point. The wind is often lighter near shore than 100-200 yards upwind, which makes it hard to get off the beach and into the kiteable wind. If the Alki point wind sensor reads around 20, it is likely barely kiteable with 16-20M kite off the beach, but well powered farther out.

It is also possible to launch just south of Alki point and near the Lincoln park pool on south winds and a couple places between, but they are all rocky beaches and not used frequently for kiteboarding. The wind is usually stronger near the point, but there is allot of open water north of there so the break down scenario is not good.

To get there take Spokane street west from I-5. Go over the West Seattle bridge. Exit on the right and turn right and follow the road (harbor ave turns to alki ave) about 3 miles.

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