Ok, so I'm just getting used to reading the wind graphs and they confuse me. I was just wondering, does anyone know how accurate they are? Because last night, around 7pm, the graphs said that the wind at swanbourne was arounf 10knts, gusting to 15. So i went down to the beach to fly my kite (the manual for my trainer kite repeats several times to never take it out in more than 10 knots of wind) and the wind was more like 0knots, gusting to like 3.

I find it hard to find times when i can take my trainer kite out because I'm not convinced it will fly that well in under 10 knots of wind, but i dont want to damage it. Does anyone have any advice for me? When is the best time to take this kind of kite out? (It's a 3m Airush trainer).

Thanks
Ollie

take it out in like 20, just be prepared to drop the bar if you get in trouble. They just put that warning on there to cover their ass. Trainers are super tough (not like LEI's) and they are open celled (wont explode if they hit the ground), barring a car driving over it you won't break it.

The graphs are pretty much always spot on. What you've got to remember though is that the graphs reflect the wind at the meter. The meters are usually set at 8m above ground level. However if the ground level happens to be on a headland you could easily be clocking windspeed at 50m above sea level which is going to be a lot higher.

I usually take 5knts off whatever my local station is reading if it is an easterly of some sort.