Lake · Victoria · Australia
Lake King
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
- 19 % Offabout 6 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 81 %
- Kiteable 19 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 13:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 13.0 h
- Air
- 19 °Cdaily maximum, 17 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 10 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lake King averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (19 %).
| Kite days% of days | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Possible | Off | Off | Off |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 14 to 16 | 15 to 17 | 15 to 17 | 12 to 14 | 12 to 14 | · | 12 to 14 | 11 to 14 | 11 to 14 | 13 to 17 | 13 to 16 | 12 to 16 |
| Daylighth | 14.5 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 25 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 7 of 31 | 6 of 28 | 8 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 7 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 10 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 9 of 31 |
- In January, Lake King averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %).
- In February, Lake King averaged 4 kite days out of 28 (16 %).
- In March, Lake King averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (14 %).
- In April, Lake King averaged 3 kite days out of 30 (10 %).
- In May, Lake King averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
- In June, Lake King averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (7 %).
- In July, Lake King averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
- In August, Lake King averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (17 %).
- In September, Lake King averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (24 %).
- In October, Lake King averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (19 %).
- In November, Lake King averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (19 %).
- In December, Lake King averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (17 %).
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 Lake King
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 September, the windiest month
- Too light 76 %
- Kiteable 24 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 76 %, kiteable on 24 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 11:00 to 14:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from W (270°).
Kitesurfing at Lake King: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake King?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is September, when 24 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lake King windy in October?
Rarely. 19 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 6 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lake King get in a year?
About 54 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
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), 98 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+11:00 in October
- Coordinates
- -37.8828, 147.6905
- 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 Victoria
Kite days in October, % of days
- Shallow Inlet
Australia · 48 points more kite days than Lake King in October
67 %Kite days by month at Shallow Inlet: Jan 66 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 51 %, May 56 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 71 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 73 %, Dec 66 % - Inverloch
Australia · 19 points more kite days than Lake King in October
38 %Kite days by month at Inverloch: Jan 31 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 32 %, Apr 27 %, May 35 %, Jun 29 %, Jul 38 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 40 % - Woolamai Beach
Australia · 28 points more kite days than Lake King in October
47 %Kite days by month at Woolamai Beach: Jan 49 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 38 %, May 48 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 47 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 56 % - Woolamai
Australia · 33 points more kite days than Lake King in October
52 %Kite days by month at Woolamai: Jan 60 %, Feb 65 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 44 %, May 50 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 59 %, Aug 61 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 65 % - Frankston
Australia · 22 points more kite days than Lake King in October
41 %Kite days by month at Frankston: Jan 35 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 31 %, Apr 30 %, May 37 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 49 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 43 % - Aspendale
Australia · 32 points more kite days than Lake King in October
51 %Kite days by month at Aspendale: Jan 63 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 39 %, May 44 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 44 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 57 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 63 % - Flynns Reef
Australia · 44 points more kite days than Lake King in October
63 %Kite days by month at Flynns Reef: Jan 72 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 50 %, May 58 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 67 %, Aug 70 %, Sep 69 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 72 % - Point Leo
Australia · 10 points more kite days than Lake King in October
29 %Kite days by month at Point Leo: Jan 19 %, Feb 24 %, Mar 20 %, Apr 16 %, May 18 %, Jun 19 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 29 %, Nov 28 %, Dec 28 %
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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, 19 % of days at Lake King 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/lake-king
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