Lake · Occitania · France
Lac du Salagou
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
- 17 % Offabout 5 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 83 %
- Kiteable 17 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.1 h
- Air
- 21 °Cdaily maximum, 19 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 11 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lac du Salagou averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (17 %).
| Kite days% of days | 25 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Off | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Possible | cold |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 13 to 15 | 13 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 15 to 18 | 13 to 18 | 14 to 19 | 16 to 19 | 16 to 19 | 14 to 17 | 12 to 16 | 13 to 15 | 13 to 14 |
| 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 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 9 of 31 | 8 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 3 of 31 | 4 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 9 of 31 |
- In January, Lac du Salagou averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (25 %).
- In February, Lac du Salagou averaged 6 kite days out of 28 (23 %).
- In March, Lac du Salagou averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (32 %).
- In April, Lac du Salagou averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (25 %).
- In May, Lac du Salagou averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (26 %).
- In June, Lac du Salagou averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (15 %).
- In July, Lac du Salagou averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (21 %).
- In August, Lac du Salagou averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).
- In September, Lac du Salagou averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (16 %).
- In October, Lac du Salagou averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (17 %).
- In November, Lac du Salagou averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (22 %).
- In December, Lac du Salagou averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (19 %).
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 du Salagou
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 68 %
- Kiteable 32 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 68 %, kiteable on 32 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 11:00 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 NW (315°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Lac du Salagou: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lac du Salagou?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 32 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lac du Salagou windy in October?
Rarely. 17 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 5 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lac du Salagou get in a year?
About 78 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
- Occitania
- Country
- France
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Béziers Vias airport (BZR), 36 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 43.6449, 3.3744
- 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 Occitania
Kite days in October, % of days
- Sète
France · 19 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
36 %Kite days by month at Sète: Jan 45 %, Feb 38 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 39 %, May 36 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 31 %, Oct 36 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 40 % - Marseillan Plage
France · 27 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
44 %Kite days by month at Marseillan Plage: Jan 58 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 47 %, May 42 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 36 %, Sep 37 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 49 % - La Tamarissière, Cap d'Agde
France · 23 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
40 %Kite days by month at La Tamarissière, Cap d'Agde: Jan 43 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 44 %, May 42 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 36 %, Sep 30 %, Oct 40 %, Nov 45 %, Dec 42 % - Frontignan Plage
France · 24 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
41 %Kite days by month at Frontignan Plage: Jan 53 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 43 %, May 36 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 31 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 44 % - Grau d'Agde, Cap d'Agde
France · 27 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
44 %Kite days by month at Grau d'Agde, Cap d'Agde: Jan 53 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 44 %, May 44 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 46 % - Grau de Vendres, Valras
France · 27 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
44 %Kite days by month at Grau de Vendres, Valras: Jan 55 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 47 %, May 47 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 41 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 53 %, Dec 47 % - Les Roquilles, Carnon-Plage
France · 18 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
35 %Kite days by month at Les Roquilles, Carnon-Plage: Jan 39 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 36 %, May 29 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 27 %, Aug 23 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 35 % - Le Boucanet
France · 17 points more kite days than Lac du Salagou in October
34 %Kite days by month at Le Boucanet: Jan 37 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 39 %, May 35 %, Jun 27 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 34 %, Nov 36 %, Dec 32 %
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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, 17 % of days at Lac du Salagou 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-du-salagou
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