Sea · Västra Götaland County · Sweden
Brofästet, Hönö
Best for kiting from May to October. Also windy, but cold: November to April.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 80%
- kite days
- Prime, 9 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 17kn
- from SSW
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 12°C
- 6/5 with boots and gloves
- water
- Trip odds
- 9in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 7.9 kite days of 10
Trip odds, expected kite days, water and wetsuit for your exact dates. Free, no sign up.
How we know thisConfidence high
Confidence. Hourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
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.
Best months: at least half the days are kite days (50 % or more), outside the cold months. The colours grade every month on their own scale: Prime from 60 %, Good from 40 %, Possible from 20 %.
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.
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
How the wind behaves
In October, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 17 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 19 %
- Kiteable 80 %
- Too strong 1 %
Too light on 19 %, kiteable on 80 %, too strong on 1 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often SSW (203°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 80 % Primeabout 25 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 19 %
- Kiteable 80 %
- Too strong 1 %
- Good years
- 9 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 9 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 7.9 expected (capped at 9 in 10)
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.4 h
- Water
- 12 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves
- Air
- 13 °Cdaily maximum, 12 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 18 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 73 | 70 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 65 | 80 | 69 | 76 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | cold | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 15 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 11 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 15 | 10 to 14 |
| Daylighth | 7.3 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 6.7 |
| Water°C at the surface | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 14 of 31 | 12 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 12 of 31 | 15 of 31 | 14 of 30 | 18 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 16 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 5/4 | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ |
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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 by start week
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Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
9 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 47 (e.g. 19 to 25 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips, capped at 9 in 10).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 7.3 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
Kitesurfing at Brofästet, Hönö: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Brofästet, Hönö?
The best months are May to October: from 2017 to 2025, 60 to 80 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Brofästet, Hönö windy in October?
Yes, very. 80 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 25 days in a typical October. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Brofästet, Hönö?
The water ranges from 3 °C in February to 18 °C in July. In October it is about 12 °C (wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves).
How many kite days does Brofästet, Hönö get in a year?
About 246 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
- Västra Götaland County
- Country
- Sweden
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT), 36 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 57.6801, 11.6681
- 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.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Västra Götaland County
- 59% kite days
Fiskebäck11 km
13 kn SW12 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Fiskebäck: Jan 53 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 44 %, Apr 39 %, May 36 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 49 %, Oct 59 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 49 % - 55% kite days
Koskar65 km
12 kn WSW12 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Koskar: Jan 56 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 37 %, May 34 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 51 %, Dec 53 %
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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 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 80 % of days at Brofästet, Hönö 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/brofastet-hono
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