Lake · Frisia · Netherlands
Gaast
Best for kiting from May to October, with 55 to 72 % kite days. 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.
- 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. Shares its model grid cell with 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 72 % Primeabout 22 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 28 %
- Kiteable 72 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 9 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.7 h
- Air
- 14 °Cdaily maximum, 14 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 17 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Gaast averaged 22 kite days out of 31 (72 %).
| Kite days% of days | 69 | 67 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 55 | 72 | 68 | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Prime | Prime | Good | Prime | Good | Prime | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 16 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 15 to 19 | 12 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 15 of 31 | 12 of 28 | 11 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 14 of 31 | 14 of 31 | 13 of 30 | 17 of 31 | 16 of 30 | 15 of 31 |
- In January, Gaast averaged 22 kite days out of 31 (69 %).
- In February, Gaast averaged 19 kite days out of 28 (67 %).
- In March, Gaast averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (61 %).
- In April, Gaast averaged 18 kite days out of 30 (62 %).
- In May, Gaast averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (61 %).
- In June, Gaast averaged 18 kite days out of 30 (60 %).
- In July, Gaast averaged 18 kite days out of 31 (59 %).
- In August, Gaast averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (60 %).
- In September, Gaast averaged 16 kite days out of 30 (55 %).
- In October, Gaast averaged 22 kite days out of 31 (72 %).
- In November, Gaast averaged 20 kite days out of 30 (68 %).
- In December, Gaast averaged 20 kite days out of 31 (65 %).
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 Gaast
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 October, the windiest month
- Too light 28 %
- Kiteable 72 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 28 %, kiteable on 72 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 18:00, 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 Gaast: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Gaast?
The best months are May to October: from 2017 to 2025, 55 to 72 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Gaast windy in October?
Yes, very. 72 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 22 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Gaast get in a year?
About 231 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
- Frisia
- Country
- Netherlands
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), 79 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 53.0135, 5.4084
- 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 Frisia
Kite days in October, % of days
- De Houw
Netherlands · 1 point more kite days than Gaast in October
73 %Kite days by month at De Houw: Jan 70 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 62 %, May 60 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 73 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 66 % - Harlingen
Netherlands · 3 points fewer kite days than Gaast in October
69 %Kite days by month at Harlingen: Jan 65 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 61 %, May 56 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 69 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 62 % - Vlieland
Netherlands · 7 points more kite days than Gaast in October
79 %Kite days by month at Vlieland: Jan 77 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 69 %, May 66 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 65 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 65 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 78 %, Dec 76 % - Groene Strand, Terschelling
Netherlands · 8 points more kite days than Gaast in October
80 %Kite days by month at Groene Strand, Terschelling: Jan 77 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 69 %, May 63 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 65 %, Aug 66 %, Sep 65 %, Oct 80 %, Nov 79 %, Dec 76 % - Dellewal, Terschelling
Netherlands · 5 points more kite days than Gaast in October
77 %Kite days by month at Dellewal, Terschelling: Jan 77 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 71 %, May 68 %, Jun 67 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 64 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 76 %, Dec 74 % - Kinnum, Terschelling
Netherlands · 8 points more kite days than Gaast in October
80 %Kite days by month at Kinnum, Terschelling: Jan 77 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 71 %, May 67 %, Jun 66 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 66 %, Sep 65 %, Oct 80 %, Nov 78 %, Dec 76 % - Ameland / Hollum
Netherlands · 9 points more kite days than Gaast in October
81 %Kite days by month at Ameland / Hollum: Jan 78 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 70 %, May 66 %, Jun 66 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 68 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 81 %, Nov 75 %, Dec 78 % - Nes, Ameland
Netherlands · 4 points more kite days than Gaast in October
76 %Kite days by month at Nes, Ameland: Jan 75 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 67 %, May 63 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 63 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 61 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 72 %
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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 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: low.
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In October, 72 % of days at Gaast 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/gaast
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