On the Water · Amagansett
Kitesurfing Napeague Bay
Napeague Harbor's flat, knee-deep bay is the safest classroom on the East Coast for learning to kite — predictable SW thermals build by mid-morning and the sand bottom is forgiving when a beginner gets dragged.
- Skill level
- Intermediate-Advanced
- Season
- May-Oct
- Duration
- half day
- Cost
- Free to launch with your own gear. Hampton Watersports rents at Napeague and publishes a $399 two-hour kite lesson for one
- Group size
- 1-2
- Age
- 14+
- Gear
- Kite 9-12m, board, harness, impact vest
- Weather
- 15-25 kt SW wind, flat bay
Safety
Stay west of the channel marker - currents on the flood tide pull east toward Gardiners Bay. The shop teaches and rents but does not publish which launch its lessons run from, so agree the spot on the phone before you drive out.
Where it happens
Operators (1)
Hampton Watersports
Beginner to advanced - the shop has taught here since 1993, formerly trading as Kiteboarding Hamptons
1688 County Road 39, Southampton, NY 11968
Price: Kite lessons are published at "One person $399" and "Two People $399 + $199", two hours in duration; call 1-631 283 9463 to schedule
Note: lat/lng are the shop at 1688 County Road 39, Southampton, matched to the guide's own verified pin for this business in on-the-water-geo-baseline.json; the shop's Napeague rental location has no published street address