"Every August and since the first Kite Surf event in August 2000, Martin's company, Kiteboarding School of Maui, has held an event for youth involved in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Martin wanted to give youth the opportunity to experience something they may never have had the chance to, while maintaining safety."
Rick Ortiz
Program Director-Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui (BBBS)
Wind Label | Bft. Force | Wind-km/hour | Wind-Knots | Wind-miles/hour | Wind-meters/sec | Ocean Condition | Acitivity |
Calm | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0.2 | Mirror smooth | Go surf |
Light Air | 1 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0.3-1.5 | Scaly ripple | Go hike |
Light Breeze | 2 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 4-7 | 1.6-3.3 | Small wavelets, glassy crests | Go bike |
Gentle Breeze | 3 | 12-19 | 7-10 | 8-12 | 3.4-5.4 | Large wavelets with crests | 16.0-20.0 sq.m kiting |
Moderate Breeze | 4 | 20-28 | 11-15 | 13-18 | 5.5-7.9 | Small waves with crests | 12.0-16.0 sq.m kiting |
5 | 29-38 | 16-21 | 19-24 | 8.0-10.7 | Moderate waves with crests | 8.0-12.0 sq.m kiting | |
Strong Wind | 6 | 39-49 | 22-27 | 25-31 | 10.8-13.8 | Moderate waves with foam crests | 4.0-8.0 sq.m kiting |
Moderate Gale | 7 | 50-61 | 28-33 | 32-38 | 13.9-17.1 | White streaky foam blown from waves | Expert only kiting |
Fresh Gale | 8 | 62-74 | 34-40 | 39-46 | 17.2-20.7 | High long waves, streaky foam | Expert only kiting |
Strong Gale | 9 | 75-88 | 41-47 | 47-54 | 20.8-24.4 | High waves, dense foam | Stay home, watch DVD |
Fierce Gale | 10 | 89-102 | 48-54 | 55-63 | 24.5-28.4 | Sea white, violent waves | Stay home, watch DVD |
Storm | 11 | 103-117 | 55-63 | 64-75 | 28.5-32.6 | Sea white, violent waves | Stay home, watch DVD |
Hurricane | 12 | 118+ | 64+ | 76+ | 32.7-36.9 | Low visibility, sea white, violent waves | Flash would go kiting |
Wind Speed Conversion Equations
| To convert between miles per hour (mph) and knots (kts): Windkts = 0.868976 X Windmph Windmph = 1.1507794 X Windkts |
| To convert between miles per hour (mph) and meters per second (m/s): Windm/s = 0.44704 X Windmph Windmph = 2.23694 X Windm/s |
| To convert between miles per hours (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h): Windkm/h = 1.609344 X Windmph Windmph = 0.621371 X Windkm/h |
| To convert between knots (kts) and meters per second (m/s): Windm/s = 0.5144444 X Windkts Windkts = 1.9438445 X Windm/s |
| To convert between knots (kts) and kilometers per hour (km/h): Windkm/h = 1.852 X Windkts Windkts = 0.5399568 X Windkm/h |
| To convert between meters per second (m/s) and kilometers per hour (km/h): Windkm/h = 3.6 X Windm/s Windm/s = 0.277778 X Windkm/h |