Lake · California · United States
Salton Sea
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
- 3 % Offabout 1 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 97 %
- Kiteable 3 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Daylight
- 11.4 h
- Air
- 32 °Cdaily maximum, 31 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 0 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
| Kite days% of days | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 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 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | · | · | · | 18 to 18 | 19 to 19 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Daylighth | 10.2 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 20 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 32 | 25 | 20 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 3 of 31 | 2 of 28 | 2 of 31 | 0 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 0 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 0 of 31 | 1 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 1 of 30 | 2 of 31 |
- In January, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (4 %).
- In February, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 28 (5 %).
- In March, Salton Sea averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (8 %).
- In April, Salton Sea averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (7 %).
- In May, Salton Sea averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (6 %).
- In June, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (2 %).
- In July, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (2 %).
- In August, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
- In September, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (3 %).
- In October, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
- In November, Salton Sea averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %).
- In December, Salton Sea 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 Salton Sea
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 92 %
- Kiteable 8 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 92 %, kiteable on 8 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from WNW (293°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Salton Sea: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Salton Sea?
Salton Sea rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Salton Sea windy in October?
Rarely. 3 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 1 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Salton Sea get in a year?
About 14 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
- Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), 66 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 33.5043, -115.9162
- 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
- Coronado Island
United States · 2 points more kite days than Salton Sea in October
5 %Kite days by month at Coronado Island: Jan 14 %, Feb 22 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 17 %, May 14 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 7 %, Sep 11 %, Oct 5 %, Nov 9 %, Dec 10 % - Poche Beach
United States · 1 point more kite days than Salton Sea in October
4 %Kite days by month at Poche Beach: Jan 10 %, Feb 15 %, Mar 12 %, Apr 10 %, May 11 %, Jun 4 %, Jul 3 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 7 %, Oct 4 %, Nov 5 %, Dec 7 % - Seal Beach
United States · 2 points more kite days than Salton Sea in October
5 %Kite days by month at Seal Beach: Jan 9 %, Feb 13 %, Mar 18 %, Apr 15 %, May 12 %, Jun 7 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 8 %, Sep 12 %, Oct 5 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 5 % - Belmont Shores
United States · 4 points more kite days than Salton Sea in October
7 %Kite days by month at Belmont Shores: Jan 12 %, Feb 20 %, Mar 23 %, Apr 29 %, May 32 %, Jun 28 %, Jul 33 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 7 %, Nov 6 %, Dec 8 % - Cabrillo Beach
United States · 9 points more kite days than Salton Sea in October
12 %Kite days by month at Cabrillo Beach: Jan 12 %, Feb 22 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 36 %, May 28 %, Jun 22 %, Jul 25 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 30 %, Oct 12 %, Nov 6 %, Dec 10 % - Redondo
United States · 1 point more kite days than Salton Sea in October
4 %Kite days by month at Redondo: Jan 12 %, Feb 16 %, Mar 20 %, Apr 15 %, May 10 %, Jun 5 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 8 %, Sep 8 %, Oct 4 %, Nov 5 %, Dec 8 % - Topanga Canyon Beach
United States · 1 point more kite days than Salton Sea in October
4 %Kite days by month at Topanga Canyon Beach: Jan 8 %, Feb 13 %, Mar 15 %, Apr 17 %, May 14 %, Jun 7 %, Jul 5 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 6 %, Oct 4 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 3 % - Zuma Beach
United States · 1 point fewer kite days than Salton Sea in October
2 %Kite days by month at Zuma Beach: Jan 6 %, Feb 10 %, Mar 10 %, Apr 9 %, May 5 %, Jun 1 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 2 %, Nov 5 %, Dec 4 %
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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, 3 % of days at Salton Sea 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/salton-sea
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