Lake · Cantabria · Spain
Orzales
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. Shares its model grid cell with 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 25 % Possibleabout 8 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 75 %
- Kiteable 25 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.1 h
- Air
- 17 °Cdaily maximum, 15 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 11 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Orzales averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (25 %).
| Kite days% of days | 25 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Possible | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 1 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 | 13 to 16 | 12 to 16 | 11 to 17 | 11 to 18 | 10 to 17 | · | · | · | · | 12 to 17 | 11 to 16 | 11 to 16 |
| Daylighth | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 15 of 31 | 11 of 28 | 16 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 14 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 9 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 15 of 31 |
- In January, Orzales averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (25 %).
- In February, Orzales averaged 6 kite days out of 28 (22 %).
- In March, Orzales averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (30 %).
- In April, Orzales averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (21 %).
- In May, Orzales averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (14 %).
- In June, Orzales averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (6 %).
- In July, Orzales averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
- In August, Orzales averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (5 %).
- In September, Orzales averaged 3 kite days out of 30 (11 %).
- In October, Orzales averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (25 %).
- In November, Orzales averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (28 %).
- In December, Orzales averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %).
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 Orzales
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 70 %
- Kiteable 30 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 70 %, kiteable on 30 %, 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 mostly from SW (225°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Orzales: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Orzales?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 30 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Orzales windy in October?
Sometimes. 25 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 8 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Orzales get in a year?
About 66 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
- Cantabria
- Country
- Spain
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (SDR), 52 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 43.0036, -4.0764
- 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 Cantabria
Kite days in October, % of days
- Oyambre
Spain · 1 point more kite days than Orzales in October
26 %Kite days by month at Oyambre: Jan 28 %, Feb 31 %, Mar 32 %, Apr 26 %, May 23 %, Jun 21 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 26 %, Nov 32 %, Dec 29 % - Suances
Spain · 9 points more kite days than Orzales in October
34 %Kite days by month at Suances: Jan 41 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 40 %, May 38 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 29 %, Aug 36 %, Sep 32 %, Oct 34 %, Nov 43 %, Dec 37 % - Liencres
Spain · 8 points more kite days than Orzales in October
33 %Kite days by month at Liencres: Jan 40 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 37 %, May 34 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 27 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 30 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 41 %, Dec 39 % - Pedreña
Spain · 8 points fewer kite days than Orzales in October
17 %Kite days by month at Pedreña: Jan 22 %, Feb 19 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 15 %, May 9 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 4 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 17 %, Nov 22 %, Dec 26 % - Somo
Spain · 3 points more kite days than Orzales in October
28 %Kite days by month at Somo: Jan 35 %, Feb 37 %, Mar 38 %, Apr 31 %, May 27 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 22 %, Sep 23 %, Oct 28 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 38 % - Berria
Spain · 5 points more kite days than Orzales in October
30 %Kite days by month at Berria: Jan 33 %, Feb 36 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 31 %, May 30 %, Jun 29 %, Jul 22 %, Aug 26 %, Sep 25 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 37 %, Dec 32 % - Oriñon
Spain · 3 points fewer kite days than Orzales in October
22 %Kite days by month at Oriñon: Jan 30 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 26 %, May 20 %, Jun 16 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 13 %, Sep 17 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 35 %, Dec 31 %
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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 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: low.
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In October, 25 % of days at Orzales 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/orzales
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