The gliderport at Santa Ynez, California is less than ten miles from the
Pacific, and a half hour drive from the beach at Santa Barbara (75
degrees today).

Conditions at Santa Ynez usually are not good enough for XC, but most of
the year you can stay up. In 2008, there were twenty flights over
200km, eight over 300km, and two over 500km. Click here for OLC statistics:

http://tinyurl.com/6uummq

and change the year to 2008.



wrote:
On Jan 14, 10:26 am, SF wrote:
Is there any place in the US where there is good glider cross country
potential near a beach? Trying to come up with a vacation spot that
meets the criteria of both of the people on the vacation.

How close to the beach? In southern Cal there are good beaches and
good cross country, but they are separated by at least 1.5 hours of
driving.