Windguru

Windguru: Advanced Weather Forecasting for Windsports Enthusiasts

A specialized weather forecasting website and app providing highly localized and tailored wind forecasts for kitesurfing, windsurfing, sailing, and other wind-powered sports.

What is Windguru?

Windguru is a weather forecasting and prediction website and mobile app that specializes in providing wind condition forecasts for windsports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, sailing, surfing, and other outdoor sports that rely on wind power. It was founded in 2002 in the Czech Republic.

What sets Windguru apart from other weather providers is that it focuses specifically on the localized wind conditions important for wind-powered sports. So rather than just giving general weather forecasts, Windguru provides detailed hour-by-hour wind speed and direction forecasts, tailored for specific beaches and water sport locations around the world.

The website and app offer wind forecasts up to 6 days in advance. It analyzes data from various sources including weather models, satellite imagery, and real-time readings from weather stations and buoys. The forecasts emphasize details like temperature, wind speed, wind direction, gusts, and wind consistency.

Beyond wind predictions, Windguru also provides users information about tides, swell size and direction, and wave periods. For many popular kitesurfing and sailing locations, users can view live wind metrics graphs as well as webcam images to visually confirm wind conditions.

Windguru is used and relied upon by professional and amateur wind athletes across the world when planning sessions and events. It is especially widely used in areas known for consistent wind patterns like Brazil, the North Sea and English Channel coasts, and Hawaii. The service is offered through both a website and mobile apps for Android and Apple iOS.

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