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Dogfish Point, Bellingham's 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
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
