Lake · Santa Cruz · Argentina
Argentino Lake
Best for kiting from December to January, with 53 to 60 % kite days.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 27 % coldabout 8 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 73 %
- Kiteable 27 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Best hours
- 14:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 13.6 h
- Air
- 10 °Cdaily maximum, 8 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 9 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Argentino Lake averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (27 %).
| Kite days% of days | 53 | 36 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Good | Possible | Possible | cold | cold | cold | cold | cold | cold | cold | Good | Prime |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 16 to 19 | 15 to 19 | 14 to 19 | 14 to 18 | · | · | · | · | 14 to 17 | 14 to 18 | 15 to 19 | 15 to 19 |
| Daylighth | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.3 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 10 of 31 | 9 of 28 | 11 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 10 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 10 of 31 |
- In January, Argentino Lake averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (53 %).
- In February, Argentino Lake averaged 10 kite days out of 28 (36 %).
- In March, Argentino Lake averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %).
- In April, Argentino Lake averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (17 %).
- In May, Argentino Lake averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %).
- In June, Argentino Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %).
- In July, Argentino Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (5 %).
- In August, Argentino Lake averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %).
- In September, Argentino Lake averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (16 %).
- In October, Argentino Lake averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (27 %).
- In November, Argentino Lake averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (40 %).
- In December, Argentino Lake averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (60 %).
Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Argentino Lake
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In December, the windiest month
- Too light 40 %
- Kiteable 60 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 40 %, kiteable on 60 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 15:00 to 19:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from W (270°).
Kitesurfing at Argentino Lake: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Argentino Lake?
The best months are December to January: from 2017 to 2025, 53 to 60 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Argentino Lake windy in October?
Sometimes. 27 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 8 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Argentino Lake get in a year?
About 91 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has 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.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Santa Cruz
- Country
- Argentina
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport (FTE), 16 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-03:00 in October
- Coordinates
- -50.3175, -72.2640
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
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Nearby kite spots in Santa Cruz
Kite days in October, % of days
- Rio Gallegos
Argentina · 59 points more kite days than Argentino Lake in October
86 %Kite days by month at Rio Gallegos: Jan 90 %, Feb 84 %, Mar 80 %, Apr 76 %, May 67 %, Jun 65 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 68 %, Sep 73 %, Oct 86 %, Nov 90 %, Dec 89 % - Punto Deseado
Argentina · 61 points more kite days than Argentino Lake in October
88 %Kite days by month at Punto Deseado: Jan 88 %, Feb 85 %, Mar 79 %, Apr 71 %, May 68 %, Jun 68 %, Jul 67 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 72 %, Oct 88 %, Nov 84 %, Dec 89 %
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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. Confidence: low.
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In October, 27 % of days at Argentino Lake met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: 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 (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/argentino-lake
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