Vendaval
Kitesurfing, windsurfing and foiling in Argentina

Wind forecasts to plan your kitesurf, windsurf or foil session around.

Vendaval brings numerical weather model forecasts, live weather station readings and upcoming windy days for your spots into one app, so you know when it is worth going out.

Available now on the web. iOS and Android apps are coming soon.

Vendaval wind forecast for a spot, with daily highs and hourly forecast wind and gusts next to the measured wind
Features

Everything you check before a session, in one place

Spot forecasts

Hour-by-hour wind for the spots you ride

Each spot shows wind speed, gusts and direction from numerical weather model forecasts, hour by hour, so you can pick your window.

  • Navigable directions: see at a glance whether the wind direction works at that spot
  • Tide levels, sunrise and sunset next to the wind
  • Measured wind beside the forecast, where a station exists
Spots list with the current wind at each followed spot
Spot forecast screen with hourly wind speed, gusts and direction
Tide forecasts

Know the tide before you rig

On spots with tide data, Vendaval shows the forecast tide level hour by hour next to the wind, plus the level measured right now.

  • Hourly forecast tide range in meters, in its own Tide tab next to Wind
  • Measured tide beside the forecast, where a tide gauge reports
  • Current level with its trend: rising or falling, and how fast in cm/h
Tide tab with the hourly forecast tide level next to the measured tide
Live stations

What the wind is actually doing, right now

Follow live weather station readings near your spot and check them before you load the car.

  • Current wind, gusts and direction with the time of the last reading
  • Readings every 10 minutes, 30 minutes or hourly
  • Trend header: is the wind rising or falling, and for how long
Stations list with the latest reading from each station
Live station screen with recent wind readings and a falling wind trend
Events

Windy days, found for you

Vendaval scans the forecast for the spots you follow and lists the upcoming windy days as events, so you do not have to check every spot every day.

  • One list of upcoming windy days across the spots you follow
  • The best window of each day, with average wind and hours
  • Events update as new forecast runs come in
Events screen listing upcoming windy days for followed spots
Event detail screen with the best wind window of the day
How it works

Three steps from forecast to water

  1. Follow your spots

    Pick the spots and stations you ride. Your list follows you on every device.

  2. See the windy days

    Events surface the days and hours when the wind and direction work.

  3. Go ride

    Check the live station before you leave, then get on the water.

Install

Install it on your phone

Vendaval is a web app: add it to your home screen and it opens full screen, like any other app. No app store needed.

iPhone

  1. Open pwa.vendaval.app in Safari.

  2. Tap the Share button (a square with an arrow pointing up). If you do not see it, tap ⋯ first.

  3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then confirm with Add.

Android

  1. Open pwa.vendaval.app in Chrome.

  2. Tap the ⋮ menu (three dots) at the top right.

  3. Tap Install app (or "Add to Home screen") and confirm.

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Never miss a windy day again

Get Vendaval and follow your first spot in under a minute.