Lake · California · United States
Lopez Lake
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
- 0 % Offabout 0 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 100 %
- Kiteable 0 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Daylight
- 11.3 h
- Air
- 26 °Cdaily maximum, 24 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 1 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lopez Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
| Kite days% of days | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | 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 |
| Daylighth | 10.1 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 18 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 7 of 31 | 7 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 3 of 30 | 2 of 31 | 0 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 0 of 31 | 1 of 30 | 1 of 31 | 4 of 30 | 7 of 31 |
- In January, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
- In February, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 28 (4 %).
- In March, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (2 %).
- In April, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (2 %).
- In May, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (1 %).
- In June, Lopez Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In July, Lopez Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In August, Lopez Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In September, Lopez Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In October, Lopez Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In November, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (2 %).
- In December, Lopez Lake averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (1 %).
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 Lopez Lake
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 96 %
- Kiteable 4 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 96 %, kiteable on 4 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from SSE (158°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Lopez Lake: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lopez Lake?
Lopez Lake rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lopez Lake windy in October?
Rarely. 0 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 0 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lopez Lake get in a year?
About 4 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.
Live forecast from Windy
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Spot facts
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), 17 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 35.1981, -120.4611
- 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 California
Kite days in October, % of days
- Pismo Beach
United States · 41 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
41 %Kite days by month at Pismo Beach: Jan 30 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 64 %, May 57 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 30 %, Dec 25 % - Morro Bay
United States · 28 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
28 %Kite days by month at Morro Bay: Jan 23 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 45 %, Apr 60 %, May 52 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 21 %, Aug 28 %, Sep 32 %, Oct 28 %, Nov 18 %, Dec 18 % - Jalama Beach Park
United States · 44 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
44 %Kite days by month at Jalama Beach Park: Jan 37 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 68 %, May 63 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 35 %, Dec 32 % - Pico Creek
United States · 36 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
36 %Kite days by month at Pico Creek: Jan 24 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 45 %, Apr 63 %, May 61 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 47 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 36 %, Nov 20 %, Dec 21 % - Ledbetter
United States · 15 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
15 %Kite days by month at Ledbetter: Jan 22 %, Feb 30 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 54 %, May 50 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 37 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 18 %, Oct 15 %, Nov 14 %, Dec 21 % - C-Street
United States · 10 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
10 %Kite days by month at C-Street: Jan 15 %, Feb 27 %, Mar 31 %, Apr 23 %, May 20 %, Jun 12 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 13 %, Oct 10 %, Nov 12 %, Dec 15 % - Port Hueneme Beach
United States · 11 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
11 %Kite days by month at Port Hueneme Beach: Jan 22 %, Feb 22 %, Mar 26 %, Apr 16 %, May 11 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 11 %, Nov 18 %, Dec 21 % - Leo Carillo (State Beach)
United States · 5 points more kite days than Lopez Lake in October
5 %Kite days by month at Leo Carillo (State Beach): Jan 9 %, Feb 15 %, Mar 21 %, Apr 17 %, May 10 %, Jun 4 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 2 %, Oct 5 %, Nov 8 %, Dec 8 %
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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, 0 % of days at Lopez Lake 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/lopez-lake
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