Lake · Pays de la Loire · France
Etang de Vioreau
Kite days peak in March at 32 %.
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
- 26 % Possibleabout 8 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 74 %
- Kiteable 26 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.9 h
- Air
- 18 °Cdaily maximum, 16 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 13 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Etang de Vioreau averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (26 %).
| Kite days% of days | 27 | 37 | 32 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | Possible | Possible | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Possible | Possible | Possible | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 12 to 17 | 12 to 16 | 12 to 17 | 13 to 18 | 13 to 18 | 16 to 19 | 15 to 19 | 15 to 19 | 14 to 18 | 12 to 16 | 12 to 16 | 12 to 16 |
| Daylighth | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.5 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 13 of 31 | 10 of 28 | 13 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 8 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 13 of 31 |
- In January, Etang de Vioreau averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (27 %).
- In February, Etang de Vioreau averaged 10 kite days out of 28 (37 %).
- In March, Etang de Vioreau averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (32 %).
- In April, Etang de Vioreau averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (20 %).
- In May, Etang de Vioreau averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (22 %).
- In June, Etang de Vioreau averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (12 %).
- In July, Etang de Vioreau averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).
- In August, Etang de Vioreau averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
- In September, Etang de Vioreau averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (24 %).
- In October, Etang de Vioreau averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (26 %).
- In November, Etang de Vioreau averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (28 %).
- In December, Etang de Vioreau averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (34 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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 Etang de Vioreau
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 February, the windiest month
- Too light 63 %
- Kiteable 37 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 63 %, kiteable on 37 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 12:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from WSW (248°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Etang de Vioreau: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Etang de Vioreau?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is February, when 37 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Etang de Vioreau windy in October?
Sometimes. 26 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 8 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Etang de Vioreau get in a year?
About 88 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
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE), 44 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 47.5272, -1.4229
- 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 Pays de la Loire
Kite days in October, % of days
- Le Pointeau
France · 20 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
46 %Kite days by month at Le Pointeau: Jan 47 %, Feb 51 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 32 %, May 41 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 48 %, Dec 55 % - Les Moutiers
France · 25 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
51 %Kite days by month at Les Moutiers: Jan 51 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 38 %, May 48 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 53 %, Dec 58 % - L'Îlot
France · 34 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
60 %Kite days by month at L'Îlot: Jan 63 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 48 %, May 58 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 60 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 67 % - Pornichet
France · 28 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
54 %Kite days by month at Pornichet: Jan 55 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 41 %, May 46 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 54 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 62 % - Pont-Mahé
France · 30 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
56 %Kite days by month at Pont-Mahé: Jan 55 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 55 %, Apr 38 %, May 47 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 60 % - La Baule
France · 32 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
58 %Kite days by month at La Baule: Jan 58 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 46 %, May 48 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 49 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 67 % - Plage des Sableaux, Noirmoutier
France · 37 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
63 %Kite days by month at Plage des Sableaux, Noirmoutier: Jan 68 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 57 %, May 64 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 55 %, Sep 58 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 70 %, Dec 69 % - La Turballe / Pen Bron
France · 30 points more kite days than Etang de Vioreau in October
56 %Kite days by month at La Turballe / Pen Bron: Jan 56 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 42 %, May 48 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 60 %
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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, 26 % of days at Etang de Vioreau 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/etang-de-vioreau
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