Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg
Florida's Gulf Coast around St. Petersburg has become one of the busiest places in the south-east US to learn wing foiling. Schools use the shallow bay water and often run lessons with jet ski support, from Tarpon Springs and Clearwater down to Sarasota and Venice.
Source: elitewatersports.com · checked 2026-09-24
Climate
Monthly averages in °C, 2016–2025: air as the daily high and low, water as the sea surface.
| Series | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air max. | 19° | 22° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 22° |
| Air min. | 14° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Water | 18° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 23° | 20° |
- Air: ERA5 / ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service) via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026
- Water: NOAA OISST v2.1, provided by NOAA PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA (Public domain). Sea surface temperature of the nearest 25 km grid cell with open water, 15 km from the spot
Schools and rental
4 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
Jet ski-assisted beginner wing foil lessons in shallow water around St. Petersburg.
Elite WatersportsA St. Petersburg school teaching wing foiling around Tampa Bay, from Tarpon Springs to Sarasota.
NB WindsurfingPrivate wind and wing foil lessons at St. Pete Beach.
SA Kitesurf AdventuresWing lessons from St. Petersburg and Clearwater to Bradenton and Sarasota.