Edge Kiteboarding

Listed by the Rio Vista Windsports Association as an active Sherman Island instructor; described in search listings as a premier Sherman Island kite school run by Nat Lincoln, a Coast Guard-licensed captain offering downwinder boat rides

San Francisco Bay · USA

PASARed Cross

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PASA and Red Cross-certified kitesurf school in San Francisco Bay, USA — lessons, downwinders, boat support, rental and camp.

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Where they teachSan Francisco Bay1 spot it teaches at When to comeMay–SepSeason at Sherman Island

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What they teach

on the PASA and Red Cross system

What they sell

lessons
downwinders
boat support
rental
camp

This school doesn't list its courses by level; where a level is named, it is in the school's own words on this page. Ask them which course fits you. Which water suits which level: see When to come.

How they teach

Jet-boat assisted Sherman Island lessons with waterproof radio helmets;
Coast Guard licensed captain

What it costs

No price published

No figure for them is on record here. Ask them for a current one when you write.

When to come

the water this school teaches on: Sherman Island

% of days rideable (12 kn+, 3 h in a row) · ringed = months riders and schools name

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Jun, riders' month
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Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

Wind data:

How this is modelled

Each figure is the share of days with three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it, run over 2023-2024. Good for comparing one place with another, weaker for one beach.

Water10–22 °Cwater type: mixed, at Sherman Island

Windiest monthJun78% of days at Sherman Island

Wind on the beach

onshore

What the spot record warns about

Boat and jet-ski traffic in the surrounding Delta waterwaysWind can build quickly and strongly once the Delta thermal fills in
Muddy/marshy bottom in places
Levees and riprap along parts of the shoreline - keep clear
Remote location with no lifeguards
Advanced public launch with little room for mistakes and directly onshore wind at the County Park launch