Sea · Lower Saxony · Germany

Dorum

Name: Dorum
Address: DEU

Best for kiting in May, in July and in October, with 54 to 69 % kite days. Water 13 to 20 °C. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): November to April.

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.

JJan67cold
FFeb63cold
MMar51cold
AApr56cold
MMay54Good
JJun45Good
JJul55Good
AAug41Good
SSep46Good
OOct69Primenow
NNov59cold
DDec63cold

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 highClose model cell, both models agree on the season, 9 full years.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdict10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite daysWater°C, what to wear

Kite days
69 % Primeabout 21 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 31 %
Kiteable 69 %
Too strong 0 %
Good years
9 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
10 day trip
8 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 6.6 expected
Best hours
10:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
10.6 h
Water
13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves
Air
14 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
Rain
16 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Dorum averaged 21 kite days out of 31 (69 %). Water 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.

Dorum

Kite days% of days	67	63	51	56	54	45	55	41	46	69	59	63
Verdictshare plus good years	cold	cold	cold	cold	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Prime	cold	cold
10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days	8 in 10	8 in 10	6 in 10	7 in 10	6 in 10	5 in 10	6 in 10	4 in 10	6 in 10	8 in 10	7 in 10	8 in 10
Good yearsof 9, reached 50 %	8 of 9	8 of 9	6 of 9	6 of 9	5 of 9	4 of 9	6 of 9	2 of 9	3 of 9	9 of 9	8 of 9	8 of 9
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	10 to 16	10 to 17	10 to 18	10 to 19	13 to 19	10 to 19	10 to 19	10 to 19	10 to 19	10 to 17	10 to 16	10 to 15
Daylighth	8.1	9.8	11.8	14.0	15.9	17.0	16.5	14.8	12.8	10.6	8.7	7.5
Water°C at the surface	4	4	6	10	15	18	20	20	19	13	9	5
Air°C, daily maximum	5	5	7	10	14	18	19	20	18	14	9	6
Rain days1 mm or more	17 of 31	12 of 28	11 of 31	11 of 30	10 of 31	12 of 30	15 of 31	14 of 31	14 of 30	16 of 31	17 of 30	17 of 31
Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves	6/5+	6/5+	6/5+	6/5+	5/4	4/3	4/3	4/3	4/3	6/5+	6/5+	6/5+

In January, Dorum averaged 21 kite days out of 31 (67 %). Water 4 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
In February, Dorum averaged 18 kite days out of 28 (63 %). Water 4 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
In March, Dorum averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (51 %). Water 6 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
In April, Dorum averaged 17 kite days out of 30 (56 %). Water 10 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
In May, Dorum averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (54 %). Water 15 °C, 5/4. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
In June, Dorum averaged 14 kite days out of 30 (45 %). Water 18 °C, 4/3. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
In July, Dorum averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (55 %). Water 20 °C, 4/3. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
In August, Dorum averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (41 %). Water 20 °C, 4/3. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
In September, Dorum averaged 14 kite days out of 30 (46 %). Water 19 °C, 4/3. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
In October, Dorum averaged 21 kite days out of 31 (69 %). Water 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
In November, Dorum averaged 18 kite days out of 30 (59 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
In December, Dorum averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (63 %). Water 5 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.

Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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. 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 Dorum

How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.

January8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.3 expected
February8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.1 expected
March6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.3 expected
April7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.6 expected
May6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.2 expected
June5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.8 expected
July6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.2 expected
August4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.0 expected
September6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.2 expected
October (now)8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.6 expected
November7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.9 expected
December8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.5 expected

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.

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Trip odds by start week

Pick your start week and trip length. Each cell: of all trips of that length that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, how many in 10 got at least half their days with kite wind.

Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025

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

x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that week 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.

Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count

Start date

8 in 10

trips of 10 days starting in week 45 (e.g. 5 to 11 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).

Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20

about 5.8 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).

How the wind behaves

In October, the windiest month

Too light 31 %
Kiteable 69 %
Too strong 0 %

Too light on 31 %, kiteable on 69 %, too strong on 0 % 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 mostly from SSW (203°), fairly steady direction.

Kitesurfing at Dorum: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Dorum?

The best months are May, July and October: from 2017 to 2025, 54 to 69 % of days in those months were kite days.

Is Dorum windy in October?

Yes, very. 69 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 21 days in a typical October. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.

What is the water temperature at Dorum?

The water ranges from 4 °C in January to 20 °C in July. In October it is about 13 °C (wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves).

How many kite days does Dorum get in a year?

About 203 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

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Spot facts

Region: Lower Saxony
Country: Germany
Water body: Sea, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN), 10 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates: 53.7356, 8.5109
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 Lower Saxony

Kite days in October, % of days

Wremen
Germany · 2 points fewer kite days than Dorum in October
67 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Wremen: Jan 64 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 49 %, Apr 55 %, May 55 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 54 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 55 %, Dec 61 %
Sahlenburg
Germany · 6 points more kite days than Dorum in October
75 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Sahlenburg: Jan 73 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 63 %, May 58 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 52 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 75 %, Nov 67 %, Dec 71 %
Fedderwardersiel
Germany · 1 point fewer kite days than Dorum in October
68 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Fedderwardersiel: Jan 66 %, Feb 64 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 59 %, May 57 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 68 %, Nov 56 %, Dec 62 %
Kugelbake
Germany · 7 points fewer kite days than Dorum in October
62 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Kugelbake: Jan 60 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 53 %, May 53 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 55 %, Dec 59 %
Otterndorf
Germany · 17 points fewer kite days than Dorum in October
52 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Otterndorf: Jan 51 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 50 %, May 48 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 45 %, Dec 47 %
Eckwarder Hörne
Germany · 17 points fewer kite days than Dorum in October
52 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Eckwarder Hörne: Jan 49 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 41 %, Apr 47 %, May 44 %, Jun 33 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 44 %
Hooksiel
Germany · 8 points fewer kite days than Dorum in October
61 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Hooksiel: Jan 57 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 53 %, May 46 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 47 %, Aug 37 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 53 %
Schillig
Germany · 2 points fewer kite days than Dorum in October
67 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Schillig: Jan 65 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 59 %, May 54 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 51 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 61 %, Dec 63 %

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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: high.

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In October, 69 % of days at Dorum 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/dorum

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