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Kitesurf Location - Courtney Campbell Causeway or Ben T. Davis Beach ( ID courtney_campbell_causeway__ben_t__davis_beach_ ) Hits: 1681

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Continent:	North America
Country:	Florida (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):	Tampa
Next Town:	Tampa
Latitude:	27.9607
Longitude:	-82.698
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Type:	- Lagoon	Rider Ability: - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing	Features: - Parking

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Water

Type:	- Flat - Chop	Hazards: - None

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - Tide Independent

Flat to choppy water.

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Location

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	- Road - Other	Location crowds: No Information

Wide sandy beach, but: aside from the parking lot and highway here, one must use caution to avoid destroying their kite on the many obstacles here. Pieces of broken glass can be found in the sand as well. You won't find people riding this spot very often.

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorts	Summer: - Shorts

Fall:	- Shorts	Winter: - Shorty - Normal Wetsuit

Floridian weather. Summer hot and winter nice and warm. Shorty or wetsuit needed during winter northerlies.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	No Information	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- E - W	Main Direction: No Information

Out of the SE or SW giving you a sideonshore wind direction. Out of the West or East is more ideal, giving a sideshore wind direction.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

From Tampa take I-275 South to the Clearwater/Tampa Airport exit. Follow signs pointing to Clearwater. They will direct you to the causeway. Once on the causeway, Ben T. Davis Beach will be on the left/south side of the street.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- None

This is not a good place to ride at all. Parking lot and highway being so close make riding this spot in dead onshore winds (blowing from the South) a hazard.

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