Lake · North Holland · Netherlands

Gouwsee

Name: Gouwsee
Address: NLD

Best for kiting in October, with 50 % kite days. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): February.

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.

JJan45cold
FFeb52cold
MMar44cold
AApr42Good
MMay34Possible
JJun33Possible
JJul33Possible
AAug35Possible
SSep36Possible
OOct50Goodnow
NNov37cold
DDec45cold

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
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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.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 9, reached 50 %

Kite days
50 % Goodabout 15 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 50 %
Kiteable 50 %
Too strong 0 %
Good years
3 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
Best hours
11:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
10.7 h
Air
15 °Cdaily maximum, 14 °C during kite hours
Rain
15 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Gouwsee averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (50 %).

Gouwsee

Kite days% of days	45	52	44	42	34	33	33	35	36	50	37	45
Verdictshare plus good years	cold	cold	cold	Good	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Good	cold	cold
Good yearsof 9, reached 50 %	4 of 9	4 of 9	3 of 9	2 of 9	0 of 9	1 of 9	1 of 9	1 of 9	0 of 9	3 of 9	2 of 9	3 of 9
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	12 to 16	10 to 17	10 to 17	15 to 18	15 to 19	12 to 19	14 to 18	11 to 18	11 to 17	11 to 16	10 to 16	10 to 15
Daylighth	8.3	9.9	11.8	13.9	15.7	16.7	16.3	14.7	12.7	10.7	8.8	7.8
Air°C, daily maximum	7	8	10	13	17	21	22	22	19	15	10	8
Rain days1 mm or more	13 of 31	13 of 28	12 of 31	10 of 30	11 of 31	10 of 30	14 of 31	13 of 31	13 of 30	15 of 31	15 of 30	15 of 31

In January, Gouwsee averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (45 %).
In February, Gouwsee averaged 14 kite days out of 28 (52 %).
In March, Gouwsee averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (44 %).
In April, Gouwsee averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (42 %).
In May, Gouwsee averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (34 %).
In June, Gouwsee averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (33 %).
In July, Gouwsee averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (33 %).
In August, Gouwsee averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (35 %).
In September, Gouwsee averaged 11 kite days out of 30 (36 %).
In October, Gouwsee averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (50 %).
In November, Gouwsee averaged 11 kite days out of 30 (37 %).
In December, Gouwsee averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (45 %).

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 Gouwsee

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 47 %
Kiteable 52 %
Too strong 1 %

Too light on 47 %, kiteable on 52 %, 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 mostly from WSW (248°), fairly steady direction.

Kitesurfing at Gouwsee: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Gouwsee?

The best month is October: from 2017 to 2025, 50 % of its days were kite days.

Is Gouwsee windy in October?

Yes, often. 50 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 15 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Gouwsee get in a year?

About 148 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: North Holland
Country: Netherlands
Water body: Lake, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), 26 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates: 52.4569, 5.0508
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 North Holland

Kite days in October, % of days

Castricum aan Zee
Netherlands · 27 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
77 %
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 Castricum aan Zee: Jan 73 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 61 %, May 58 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 60 %, Aug 57 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 73 %
Ijmuiden
Netherlands · 26 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
76 %
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 Ijmuiden: Jan 71 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 59 %, May 57 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 62 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 58 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 71 %
Egmond aan Zee
Netherlands · 27 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
77 %
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 Egmond aan Zee: Jan 73 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 59 %, May 58 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 58 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 72 %
Zandvoort
Netherlands · 19 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
69 %
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 Zandvoort: Jan 65 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 56 %, May 56 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 69 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 68 %
Bergen aan Zee
Netherlands · 27 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
77 %
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 Bergen aan Zee: Jan 75 %, Feb 72 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 59 %, May 57 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 73 %, Dec 72 %
Petten
Netherlands · 26 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
76 %
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 Petten: Jan 74 %, Feb 72 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 60 %, May 58 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 61 %, Sep 58 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 73 %, Dec 72 %
Callantsoog
Netherlands · 27 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
77 %
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 Callantsoog: Jan 74 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 61 %, May 58 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 61 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 74 %, Dec 71 %
Voordijk
Netherlands · 26 points more kite days than Gouwsee in October
76 %
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 Voordijk: Jan 74 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 63 %, May 59 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 59 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 60 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 75 %, 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. Confidence: low.

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In October, 50 % of days at Gouwsee 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/gouwsee

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