Lake · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France
Lac de Sainte-Croix
Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.
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
- 18 % Offabout 6 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 82 %
- Kiteable 18 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.1 h
- Air
- 20 °Cdaily maximum, 19 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 8 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).
| Kite days% of days | 18 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | Off | Possible | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | cold |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 13 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 11 to 17 | 13 to 18 | 13 to 19 | 14 to 18 | 16 to 19 | 16 to 18 | 14 to 18 | 12 to 17 | 12 to 16 | 11 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 7 of 31 | 6 of 28 | 8 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 12 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 3 of 31 | 4 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 8 of 31 |
- In January, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).
- In February, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 5 kite days out of 28 (17 %).
- In March, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %).
- In April, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (23 %).
- In May, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (16 %).
- In June, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (12 %).
- In July, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (11 %).
- In August, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %).
- In September, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (14 %).
- In October, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).
- In November, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (15 %).
- In December, Lac de Sainte-Croix averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (16 %).
Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. 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 Lac de Sainte-Croix
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 March, the windiest month
- Too light 72 %
- Kiteable 28 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 72 %, kiteable on 28 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 11:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often NW (315°).
Kitesurfing at Lac de Sainte-Croix: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lac de Sainte-Croix?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 28 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lac de Sainte-Croix windy in October?
Rarely. 18 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 6 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lac de Sainte-Croix get in a year?
About 62 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
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Toulon-Hyères Airport (TLN), 71 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 43.7367, 6.1621
- 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.
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Nearby kite spots in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Kite days in October, % of days
- Fréjus Plage
France · 15 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
33 %Kite days by month at Fréjus Plage: Jan 34 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 42 %, May 28 %, Jun 32 %, Jul 29 %, Aug 20 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 37 %, Dec 36 % - La Bouillabaisse
France · 23 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
41 %Kite days by month at La Bouillabaisse: Jan 42 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 47 %, May 34 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 25 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 40 % - Pampelonne
France · 30 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
48 %Kite days by month at Pampelonne: Jan 46 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 51 %, May 36 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 40 %, Aug 27 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 45 % - La Favière
France · 28 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
46 %Kite days by month at La Favière: Jan 41 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 47 %, May 36 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 27 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 43 %, Dec 41 % - Gigaro
France · 32 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
50 %Kite days by month at Gigaro: Jan 45 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 50 %, May 39 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 48 %, Dec 44 % - Brégançon
France · 38 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
56 %Kite days by month at Brégançon: Jan 52 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 65 %, Apr 61 %, May 48 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 54 %, Aug 36 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 50 % - Bandol
France · 25 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
43 %Kite days by month at Bandol: Jan 42 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 52 %, May 39 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 44 % - L'Almanarre
France · 33 points more kite days than Lac de Sainte-Croix in October
51 %Kite days by month at L'Almanarre: Jan 49 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 64 %, Apr 57 %, May 48 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 37 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 47 %
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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, 18 % of days at Lac de Sainte-Croix 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/lac-de-sainte-croix
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