Continent |
North America |
Country |
Oregon (USA) |
Next Big City |
Portland |
Next Town |
Hood River, Squally Point, Martin Spring |
Type: |
River |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
None |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop |
Hazards: |
Currents, Ships |
Quality: |
Cloudy |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Flat to choppy water. Can be a little swell.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Small |
Hazards: |
Rocks, Trees |
Beach Users: |
None |
Small, sandy, secluded beach. Watch out for broken rocks in the sand.
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Spring:
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Normal, Thick |
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Summer:
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Shorts, Shorty |
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Fall:
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Normal, Thick |
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Winter:
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Thick |
Weather in the summer can be 90+°F with water temperatures warm enough for board shorts only in July and August. Shorties come in for June and September. Full wetsuits the rest of the year. Winters are not really kite-able here, with the bitter, blustering Easterly winds bringing snow, hail, and rain.
Best Months: |
May, June, July, August, September |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
W, WNW, NW |
Main Direction: |
W, WNW, NW |
Spring: March to May, light winds 12-20, somewhat finicky. Summer: June to early September, windy, 15-35, pretty solid. Fall: September to October, light to moderate winds, but very steady: 13-25. Main direction westerlies. Steady wind.
Transport |
Car, Boat |
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Access
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Long walk |
Drive from Portland to Hood River. Stay on I-84 and drive further east until you reach Martin Spring. Drive further towards Squally Point and before you reached the Tooley Lake, stop and park somewhere. No real parking and not easy access. You need to walk a long way over the rail road tracks and through a field of scattered, rusty barbed wires until you reach a small sandy beach. For exact location look out for kites from I-84.
Rules |
Zones |
Kiting or even parking at this spot has been banned. Too many people were parking here to go kiting so the railroad who owns the land has instated the ban. But you can still access with a boat.
No nightlife.
