Dogfish Point

Current Conditions

Current conditions at 12/15 10:35 AM - BURLINGTON/MT V - 18 km away.

December 6, 2025
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Wind Forecast

Dec-15
Monday
15-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 13 13 11 5 1
Temp F       54 55 52 46 46
Precip (mm/3hr)       0.2 0.2 0.9
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)      
Dec-16
Tuesday
16-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 4 7 9 10 7 12 16 15
Temp F 45 46 46 48 50 50 52 50
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.5 0.6 1.7 0.5 2.4
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)
 
Dec-17
Wednesday
17-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 13 12 8 7 6 3 5 7
Temp F 43 43 43 43 45 43 41 41
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.1
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)
 
Dec-18
Thursday
18-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 8 9 6 9 13 14 6 2
Temp F 43 41 39 43 48 46 43 41
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.3 0.2
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)
 
Dec-19
Friday
19-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 2 3 4 4 3 4 5 8
Temp F 37 37 37 39 39 39 37 39
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.6
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)
 
Dec-20
Saturday
20-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speed (knots) 5 6 6 6 5 1 3 4
Temp F 39 39 39 39 39 37 37 37
Precip (mm/3hr) 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.2 0.2
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)
 
Dec-21
Sunday
21-December
 2 am 5 8 11 2pm 5 8 11
Direction
 
 
Speed (knots) 4 5
Temp F 37 39            
Precip (mm/3hr) 0.7 0.3            
Cloud Cover
Snow Depth (cm)            
 

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
BURLINGTON/MT V KBVS 12/15 10:35 AM 18.0 13
 
 Wind: 13 kt gusting 21 kt Clouds: overcast at 1700 ft Temp: 14°C Pressure: 1006 hPa
EASTSOUND/ORCAS KORS 12/15 10:35 AM 34.4 16
 
 Wind: 16 kt Clouds: broken at 1500 ft; broken at 2300 ft; overcast at 2800 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1005 hPa
OAK HARBOR AIRPA KOKH 12/15 10:29 AM 44.4 18
 
 Wind: 18 kt gusting 26 kt Clouds: broken at 1200 ft; broken at 7500 ft; overcast at 9500 ft Temp: 13°C Pressure: 1005 hPa
BELLINGHAM KBLI 12/15 10:19 AM 20.0 15
 
 Wind: 15 kt gusting 32 kt Clouds: broken at 2000 ft; overcast at 4800 ft Temp: 13°C Pressure: 1005 hPa
FRIDAY HARBOR KFHR 12/15 10:18 AM 43.7 11
 
 Wind: 11 kt gusting 20 kt Clouds: overcast at 2900 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1005 hPa
ABBOTSFORD AIRPO CYXX 12/15 10:00 AM 45.7 22
 
 Wind: 22 kt gusting 29 kt Clouds: scattered at 4400 ft; overcast at 5000 ft Temp: 14°C Pressure: 1005 hPa
WHIDBEY IS. NAS KNUW 12/15 9:53 AM 33.6 26
 
 Wind: 26 kt gusting 33 kt Clouds: few at 1700 ft; scattered at 2500 ft; broken at 4000 ft; broken at 13000 ft Temp: 12°C Pressure: 1005 hPa
EW9262 Bellingham E9262 3.3 No records found
DW6863 Bow D6863 7.7
LAKE SAMISH PARK AND RIDE TSAMI 8.4
EW9935 Bellingham E9935 8.7
CW6556 Bellingham C6556 9.7
DW8969 Bellingham D8969 11.3
EW5898 Bow E5898 12.3
DW5914 Anacortes D5914 12.7
Selhaem Bellingham Bay 46118 13.0 No data
DW0884 Bellingham D0884 13.0
BURLINGTON/MT V K75S 18.0
Smith Island 43.4
OAK HARBOR AIRPA K76S 44.4

Spot Details

Dogfish Point, Bellinghams creme de la creme kite spot, when its good its really good. Goes off on high pressure Northerly patterns so that usually means blue skies and warm air. Wind often is hair dryer steady, but it can have the odd gusty holey day. Also low tides in summer mean warm water.

Chuckanut benefits from local topography and a micro climate. To the south the Skagit Valley and Snohomish heat up quickly compared to the San Juan Islands creating a thermal draw. Add a Northerly pattern over the Sound and a venturi effect from Chuckanut Mountain that gives the wind a 5-10 knot boost. When it sets up it goes off almost always between 12:00 and 1:00, and blows till about 4:00 or so. Sometimes it starts sooner and/or lasts longer, but 1:00-4:00 is the time to hit it.

But with the good theres a price, access is a steep trail, really steep. Also at higher tide the launch is tight, not for beginers. People have hit the rocks downwind when launches went ugly. Use caution. Late summer means eel grass everywhere, it can snag lines and make relaunching tough, wake fins are a must

Wind: NW, N

Observations: nwwind.net should be NW and bumping up

Entrance Is and Vancouver W-NW in the teens in the AM, trending up
Skagit Regional, wind trending up in the AM, should be close to double digits by 11:00
Bellingham, wind will be W and trending up to around 10 by 11:00 or noon
Increasing Northerly pressure diffs between Vancouver-Seattle, and East Sound-Arlington
Tides: high tides around 7-8 gets really tough to launch, otherwise not much problem

Things to watch out for: nudists (they tend to stay on the lee side of the point), some sharp rocks/shells on the beach, the rocks downwind of the launch, incoming tides can make it tougher to stay upwind if you are not well powered

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