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12 kn+. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots between 10:00 and 19:00. How we count.

Destination · Hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025

Curated season

Kitesurfing in Hood River, United States

Town in United States · 7 kite spots · airports PDX, YKM, SLE

Hood River: a curated season, May to September, from documented sources. Weather models miss this local wind.

Kite Year

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Curated season: May to September. Westerly wind funnelled through the Columbia River Gorge. Season from documented sources, not model wind: IKSURFMAG: Hood River guide, October 2026. No percentage, because global models miss the local wind here. Model numbers (known wrong here)
Model numbers (known wrong here)
  1. Jan0
  2. Feb0
  3. Mar0
  4. Apr3
  5. May6
  6. Jun4
  7. Jul3
  8. Aug2
  9. Sep1
  10. Oct0
  11. Nov0
  12. Dec0
Model kite days by month at Hood River Sandbar, known wrong here: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 0 %, Apr 3 %, May 6 %, Jun 4 %, Jul 3 %, Aug 2 %, Sep 1 %, Oct 0 %, Nov 0 %, Dec 0 %

Global models miss the local wind here; these percentages are shown for transparency only.

Live forecastHow we count a kite day

Month by month

Tap a month for daylight, water, air and rain.

Afternoons

MonthAir°C, daily maximumRain days1 mm or more
  • Daylight
    11.0 h
    Air
    17 °Cdaily maximum, 16 °C during kite hours
    Rain
    10 of 31with 1 mm or more

Curated season: the model wind here is known wrong, so this table shows daylight, water, air and rain only.

Source: season from the documented sources named above; air and rain from model data, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Best time to kitesurf in Hood River

Hood River: a curated season, May to September, from documented sources. Weather models miss this local wind.

Season months here: May, June, July, August, September. Each link shows where else to kite in that month.

Is Hood River windy?

Westerly wind funnelled through the Columbia River Gorge.

Live forecast

The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.

Live forecast from Windy

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Kite spots in Hood River

  • Hood River SandbarLow confidence

    River · main spot

    Level Good for learning, from kite guides we checked

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  • The HookLow confidence

    River · 1 km

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  • The HatcheryLow confidence

    River · 4 km

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  • BingenLow confidence

    Lake · 4 km

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  • Swell CityLow confidence

    River · 5 km

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  • Rock CreekLow confidence

    Lake · 9 km

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  • VientoLow confidence

    Lake · 12 km

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Shares its model grid cell with 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: curated season.

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