My subjective view of usual kiting conditions in Perth thru the year
(10= world class 1 = cr*p)

Jan = 10
Feb = 9
Mar = 7 Generally better breezes at Rotto

Apr, May, Jun, Jul and August = 4
Except frontal North Westerlies which can be 8 - 10
When there is no wind but there is swell - go surfing
When there is no wind and no swell get a surf ski and paddle
In July and August go snowboarding in NZ or over East.

Sep = 5
Oct = 7
Nov = 9
Dec = 10

Andris

please be careful kiting in winter make sure you know what your doing and are comfortable doing it

with that said, once the fronts start to hit you can get good sessions in

nw before fronts are gusty and sometimes pretty strong, the coldddddd southerly airflows that follow the fronts are anywhere from 10-20 knots

a set of 8 12 16 would be great, but you can scrape with a 10/14 or 8/12.

Pleeease girls don't be afraid of the storms. In the days of the bow kite the thing has full depower.

Oh by the way i live in NZ which apparantly the most dangerous place in the world to kite (well that's what people say - I'm not that convinced somehow) and we don't give a **** about squalls. We kite straight though them. As mentioned before the waroo is god's gift to kitesurfing (well ok it comes second behind wind) and the other bows are the same - full depower... if the nasty **** comes though... just put the thing on the water (the kite), piddle in the wettie, do the squirts or whatever and the kite will stay there. no biggie really. I don't snowboard... believe it or not there isn't any snow where i live.. so i go kiting. Do i care about the cold? nup. Do i care about the rain? nup. Oh and that is done in "inland" conditions. Wind traverses over entire auckland city to get to where i kite... so it's gusty as heck. so gusty infact that Shannon BEST had trouble on one of our less gusty days ... but with the waroo.. you don't feel a thing...

Fantastic