The report · Christchurch, Steamer Point · Kite · July · 6 pages

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Dorset, United Kingdom

Christchurch, Steamer Point

KiteJuly

44% of July days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

July sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for July as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Stays, schools & kit04Per-launch tide notesno data05Sandbanks, currents & bathing zones06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
27 Sep 2026Record
2022 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, Météo-France AROME France HD 1.5 kmNormals
2022 to 2026
Four Julys
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite454444492744444444414252Windsurf413639392035343337333843Wing454444492744444444414252

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, July

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 9% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, July

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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July's own records

The month's own figures from four Julys in the record, 2022 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days14 of 31Four Julys in the record
Wind, rideable hours15 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air19.1°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt3.9 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeJune44%13 rideable days in 30
Your monthJuly44%14 rideable days in 31
AfterAugust44%14 rideable days in 31

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Stays, schools & kit

Stays

Sandhills Holiday ParkHoliday park · 250 m from Avon Beach · On the beachA Park Holidays park on the seafront at Mudeford, with holiday caravans and apartments and an outdoor pool. Only the promenade lies between the park and the beach.
Harbour Hotel ChristchurchHotel · 700 m from Avon BeachA hotel with a spa on Christchurch Harbour at Mudeford, with its lawn running down to the water. Guests can put paddleboards in from the hotel’s own dock.
Steamer Point LodgeHoliday houses · 1.4 km from Avon BeachA two-bedroom holiday cottage, a double and a twin, in the Steamer Point nature reserve on the clifftop above Friars Cliff and Highcliffe. A garden gate opens onto steps down to the beach.
Hoburne ParkHoliday park · 1.6 km from Avon BeachA Hoburne holiday park of static caravans and lodges on Hoburne Lane, Christchurch, with an indoor pool and an outdoor pool open May to September.

Lessons

ShoreSports$$·School · Windsurf · WingWindsurf and wing lessons on Christchurch Harbour, from a trailer at Mudeford Quay. A one-hour windsurf taster from £31.50, a two-day beginner course from £157.50, wetsuits and buoyancy aids included. Open every day April to 2 November, subject to demand and the weather.

Kit

ShoreSportsRental · Windsurf · WingWindsurf hire from £18.90 and wing hire from £29.40, on Christchurch Harbour from Mudeford Quay. Wings of 4, 5 and 6 m.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Per-launch tide notes

Steamer Point
Low—Mid—High—

The spot guides read describe Avon Beach, just to the west, where sandbanks dry at low tide and the incoming tide, nearer high water, is favoured. Hours per tide state unknown until tide data arrives.

Avon Beach
Low—Mid—High—

Moving sandbanks and a tidal current along the shore. Hours per tide state unknown until tide data arrives.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Sandbanks, currents & bathing zones

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Bathing zonesMost of Friars Cliff beach is designated for bathing. Launch and ride from the water sports area in front of the concrete wave wall at the eastern end. At Avon Beach the area directly in front of the car park is allocated for water sports.
Sandbanks at low tideOff Avon Beach the sandbanks move around constantly and dry at low tide, and the sea floor along this stretch is shallow. A fin can strike a bar in shallow water. Check the tide before you launch.
Tidal currentA tidal current runs parallel to the beach. Allow for drift along the shore when you go out and come back in.
Harbour channel trafficPleasure craft use the buoyed channel into Christchurch Harbour. Keep clear of the channel and of boats using it.
Offshore in the best windThe best direction, west-south-west, is slightly offshore here. A wind blowing off the beach carries a rider or dropped kit away from the shore.
EmergenciesIn an emergency at the coast call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
Moving sandbanks

Off Avon Beach the sandbanks move around constantly and dry at low tide, and an older guide warns that the sea floor is shallow along this stretch, with sand bars that can snap a fin. Do not assume a line that was clear at high water is clear at low water.

Current, the harbour channel and the bathing zone

A tidal current runs parallel to the beach. Pleasure craft use the buoyed channel into Christchurch Harbour. Most of Friars Cliff beach is designated for bathing: launch only from the water sports area at the eastern end, or in front of the Avon Beach car park.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportBournemouth (BOH)About 14.7 km by road, around 22 minutes.
SeasonDecember to AprilThe winter run that holds the two strongest months in the record, December and April, though no month reaches one day in two. June to September are close behind. May is the weakest.
Getting aroundCar, rail or busChristchurch station is about 3 miles away (5.6 km by road); morebus runs locally. Steamer Point car park, BH23 4TA: 160 spaces, 2 m height limit, RingGo. Avon Beach car park, BH23 4AN: 83 spaces.
What to pack
BeachShingle and sand. Shingle and sand at Friars Cliff, a sandy beach at Avon Beach.TideMid to high. Sandbanks off Avon Beach dry at low tide. Spot guides favour the incoming tide, nearer high water.WaterFlat to waves. Flat at low tide to waves at high water in a south-westerly, per the spot guides.LaunchWater sports area. Launch from the council’s water sports area at the eastern end of Friars Cliff, not the bathing zone.KitBring your own. For the open bay. ShoreSports hires windsurf and wing kit on Christchurch Harbour, from Mudeford Quay.
Kite sizes for July

July has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from Meteo-France AROME France HD at 1.5 km, cell 0.65 km from the spot, December 2022 to September 2026, 3 to 4 years a month, no station correction.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from spot guides (Windsurf Magazine, boards.co.uk 2012). Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordERA5 over the same window reads 10.1 points higher and no station has settled it, so treat the shares as a guide.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenOne business, ShoreSports at Mudeford Quay, confirmed on its own website with its published prices; it works on Christchurch Harbour, not the open bay. Four stays, two holiday parks, a hotel on the harbour and a cottage above Steamer Point, confirmed on their own websites and Google listings on 30 September 2026. The club and the 2012 school and shop sites do not resolve.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Rules, sandbanks and currentsWrittenBathing and water sports zones from BCP Council’s beach pages; emergency number from HM Coastguard. Physical hazards from spot guides, one of them from 2012. No byelaw or harbour direction read.
06Airports, access, packingWrittenRoad distances from OSRM; car parks from BCP Council. No water temperature source.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches.

The record

Hourly wind, 2022 to 2026, from Météo-France AROME France HD via Open-Meteo: a 1.5 km grid, read at the cell 0.7 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over three to four years.

What we could not source for Christchurch, Steamer Point

Crowds by month: no count exists yet. A stay near the beach confirmed on its own website, a school or hire on the open bay rather than the harbour, and the local club confirmed first hand. A wing or kite source for this beach. A byelaw for water sports zoning, and any Christchurch Harbour direction on crossing the entrance. A first-hand reading of the local vibe. Tide tables and per-launch tide windows. A station check on the wind record. Surveyed launch coordinates. A water temperature. Guide photographs. Where any of these is missing above, the section says so rather than filling itself.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 27 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Fernweh, CC BY-SA 2.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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