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Kitesurf Location - Lake Pontchartrain / Fontainebleu State Park ( ID Lake_Pontchartrain___Fontainebleu_State_Park ) Hits: 396

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Continent:	North America
Country:	Louisiana (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):	New Orleans
Next Town:	Mandeville
Latitude:	30.3357
Longitude:	-90.0456
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Type:	- Lake	Rider Ability: - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing	Features: - Toilet - Parking

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Lake Pontchartrain / Mandeville Harbor (2.11 km) Best Direction: SE Type: Flat Chop Lake Pontchartrain / Sandbar (11.83 km) Best Direction: SE Type: Shallow Flat Chop

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Chop	Hazards: - Bridge

Quality:	- Cloudy	Best Tide: - Tide Independent

Flat to choppy water. Shallow for about 100 yards. A pier in front of the beach. Be careful, there is submerged piling about 100 ft away from the end of the pier.

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Location

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Small

Hazards:	- Bystanders	Location crowds: - June - July - August

Small, sandy beach in a national park. Packed on warm weekends and during holidays. Don't take any risks. If the beach is packed, go the east end of the park and rig and launch here, away from the crowds.

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorty	Summer: - Shorts

Fall:	- Shorty	Winter: - Normal Wetsuit

Hot and humid in the summer. Wetsuit in the winter time when cold air from the fronts blow through. Water temps varies with the seasons. Very warm in the summer and cools off to wetsuit temperatures in winter.

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Wind

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Best Months:	- January - February - March - April - May - November - December	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- SE	Main Direction: No Information

Best winds with frontals during winter.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

At the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Get onto the 190 (Florida St) and southeast of Mandeville you will find signs to the Fontainebleu State Park.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Other

When the beach is packed, launch from the very east end of the park. No beginners, since if something happens this access will be closed.

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