Lowestoft is a popular spot on the East coast of England. This spot is for intermediate kiteboarder who have BKSA insurance. It has waves, a low tide shallow spot and can handle winds from the North all the way round to South. At low tide, a great shallow low tide pool appears. Perfectly flat water, very shallow, great fun, watch out for the face plants. Small waves the 2-3 ft size are generally about on the inside section at most stages of the tide depending upon weather/swell conditions. There are also outer sandbanks at Lowestoft which effectively block a lot of the swell therefore reducing the wave interference. The banks (experts only) are great to ride out too. They are about 1 mile offshore, so you really need to have a rescue craft of some kind to go with you. Once on the offshore sand banks you will find an abundance of surfable waves all shapes and sizes, larger waves on bigger swells. Can be fun, but extreme caution is needed due to distance from the beach.Remember at this location tidal flow/currents must be taken into account.Wooden Groyne Sea defences, about 100m apart. Along all of Lowestoft beach to the start of Pakefield beach. At low tide the wooden groynes are dry but a high tide they are surrounded by water. There is a high potential for a bad accident at this location because of these wooden groynes.In winter rips can be a problem, when you kiteboard this location it is important that you know the state of tide and which direction the general rip/water is travelling.Lowestoft has 2 Piers, the Claremont Pier, and the South Pier obvious hazards should you drift downwind into them.The width of Lowestoft beach is about 150m after that its high banks and concrete walls therefore some care is needed if you are rigging up and launching close to these banks and concrete walls.Generally, it’s not a problem as the beach itself is perfectly clean golden sand and everybody rigs up by the water edge far away from this hazard.
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Trains run directly into Lowestoft from London. Kite Zone is a 5 minute walk from Train station.
Via Car straight up the A12 into Lowestoft
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In the summer months kiteboarding is banned from this location you have to go to Pakefield 200m further down south.
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works on all winds from north to east to south. Forget the SW winds.
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Bars and nightclubs overlook beach. Try out the Edge bar (Claremont pier) and then end up in the night club The Harbour, upstairs (older crowd) or Hanks on the sea front (younger crowd)
