Sea · Schleswig-Holstein · Germany
Laboe
Best for kiting in October, with 56 % kite days. Water 13 °C. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): November to March.
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 highHourly 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 8 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 56 % Goodabout 17 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 44 %
- Kiteable 56 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 7 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 7 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 5.5 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
- 15 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Laboe averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (56 %). Water 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 53 | 55 | 50 | 47 | 43 | 41 | 47 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 52 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | cold | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 6 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 4 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 4 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 6 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 15 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 12 to 19 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 15 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 14 of 31 | 12 of 28 | 11 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 14 of 31 | 12 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 15 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+ | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 3/2 | 4/3 | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ |
- In January, Laboe averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (53 %). Water 4 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, Laboe averaged 15 kite days out of 28 (55 %). Water 3 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, Laboe averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (50 %). Water 5 °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, Laboe averaged 14 kite days out of 30 (47 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, Laboe averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (43 %). Water 14 °C, 5/4. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, Laboe averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (41 %). Water 18 °C, 4/3. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, Laboe averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (47 %). Water 20 °C, 4/3. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, Laboe averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (41 %). Water 20 °C, 3/2. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, Laboe averaged 14 kite days out of 30 (47 %). Water 18 °C, 4/3. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, Laboe averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (56 %). Water 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, Laboe averaged 15 kite days out of 30 (52 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, Laboe averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (52 %). Water 6 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 6 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 Laboe
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.2 expected
- February6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.3 expected
- March6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.1 expected
- April5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.6 expected
- May4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.2 expected
- June5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.6 expected
- July4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.1 expected
- August5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.2 expected
- September7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.0 expected
- October (now)7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.5 expected
- November6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.0 expected
- December6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.3 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.
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
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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
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
5 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 4.7 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 44 %
- Kiteable 56 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 44 %, kiteable on 56 %, 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 SW (225°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Laboe: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Laboe?
The best month is October: from 2017 to 2025, 56 % of its days were kite days.
Is Laboe windy in October?
Yes, often. 56 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 17 days in a typical October. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Laboe?
The water ranges from 3 °C in February to 20 °C in July. In October it is about 13 °C (wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves).
How many kite days does Laboe get in a year?
About 177 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
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Country
- Germany
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), 75 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 54.4126, 10.2284
- 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 Schleswig-Holstein
Kite days in October, % of days
- Bülk
Germany · same kite days as Laboe in October
56 %Kite days by month at Bülk: Jan 53 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 47 %, May 43 %, Jun 41 %, Jul 47 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 52 % - Brasilien
Germany · 4 points more kite days than Laboe in October
60 %Kite days by month at Brasilien: Jan 59 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 49 %, May 47 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 60 %, Nov 55 %, Dec 58 % - Hohenfelde
Germany · same kite days as Laboe in October
56 %Kite days by month at Hohenfelde: Jan 53 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 44 %, May 42 %, Jun 38 %, Jul 45 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 51 %, Dec 54 % - Aschau
Germany · 5 points more kite days than Laboe in October
61 %Kite days by month at Aschau: Jan 55 %, Feb 57 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 49 %, May 47 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 55 % - Damp
Germany · 10 points more kite days than Laboe in October
66 %Kite days by month at Damp: Jan 62 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 52 %, May 49 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 55 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 61 % - Hohwacht
Germany · 6 points more kite days than Laboe in October
62 %Kite days by month at Hohwacht: Jan 65 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 50 %, May 49 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 43 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 65 % - Maasholm
Germany · 11 points more kite days than Laboe in October
67 %Kite days by month at Maasholm: Jan 61 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 50 %, May 49 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 54 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 61 %, Dec 63 % - Auf der Schlei
Germany · 23 points fewer kite days than Laboe in October
33 %Kite days by month at Auf der Schlei: Jan 30 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 34 %, Apr 32 %, May 31 %, Jun 28 %, Jul 29 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 24 %
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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 8 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 56 % of days at Laboe 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/laboe
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