Kitesurfing in Rhode Island
3 spots · 0 destinations
Rhode Island's south coast runs intermediate and up: Watch Hill near Westerly mixes flat water, chop and small waves on SW-W thermal and frontal wind, and Second Beach in Middletown is an ocean spot where west wind cleans up the surf.
Ninigret Pond in Charlestown is the exception, a shallow salt-pond lagoon behind East Beach suitable for learning, though the narrow beach still calls for supervision.
Rhode Island holds 3 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 0 destinations. Riding here is mostly waves and lagoons. 1 of them suits beginners.
When you may ride
the rules these spots carry, with the year on each
Ninigret PondCharlestown20262026: stay out of the eelgrass, off the dunes and clear of the marked plover areas.
Second BeachAquidneck Island20262026: kiteboarding, windsurfing and sailboarding are prohibited in the buoyed designated swim area at Sachuest Beach from May 15 to Oct. 1; outside the swim area they are allowed between May 15 and Oct.
Watch HillWesterly2026Parking runs about $15 all day (2026) in a small lot, and is free off season. No official kiteboarding rule page for Watch Hill or Sandy Point is on record.
Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.
The winds here
what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote
No wind is named across this region
Fewer than two of its spots give the wind a local name. Each spot page carries its own directions and knots.
Destinations in Rhode Island
All spots in Rhode Island
Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.
Last updated September 2026