Originally Posted by
Ritterview
...I was wondering after doing Solvang yesterday, if the wind was any less in the Summer/Fall than it is in March.
There is typically a "breaze" off the ocean. Some days are much worse than others of course. I'm not too sure of the seasonality of it. I do know that when there is a storm the wind switches from out of the NW to out of the SW. It's usually best to do any north bound cycling early in the morning or late in the evening to avoid the wind. The prevailing winds are the very reason 90% of all the people riding along the coast (like from SF to LA) go North to South.