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Clearwater Bay Downwinding
Hong Kong is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta.
Safety With human powered vessels, many if not all runs that cross shipping channels (Hong Kong has some of the world's busiest) require by law that you have safety boat accompaniment. Marine police will check on you.
Summer conditions, June to August, air temperatures average 26 C to 30 C (79 F to 86 F). In winter, air termperatures get down to 14 C (57 F).
Water temperatures average around 28 C (82 F) in the summer and 18 C (64 F) in the winter. Wind and swell direction is predominantly northerly or northeasterly in autumn and winter and southerly in summer.