Sea · Schleswig-Holstein · Germany
Schönberger Strand
Best for kiting in July and from September to October. Also windy, but cold: November to March.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 60%
- kite days
- Prime, 8 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 13kn
- from WSW
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 13°C
- 6/5 with boots and gloves
- water
- Trip odds
- 7in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 5.8 kite days of 10
Trip odds, expected kite days, water and wetsuit for your exact dates. Free, no sign up.
How we know thisConfidence high
Confidence. Hourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
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.
Best months: at least half the days are kite days (50 % or more), outside the cold months. The colours grade every month on their own scale: Prime from 60 %, Good from 40 %, Possible from 20 %.
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.
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
How the wind behaves
In October, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 13 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 39 %
- Kiteable 60 %
- Too strong 1 %
Too light on 39 %, kiteable on 60 %, too strong on 1 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 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 WSW (248°), fairly steady direction.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 60 % Primeabout 19 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 39 %
- Kiteable 60 %
- Too strong 1 %
- Good years
- 8 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 7 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 5.8 expected
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.6 h
- Water
- 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves
- Air
- 14 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 15 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 59 | 59 | 52 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 55 | 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | cold | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 8 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 15 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 15 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 15 of 31 | 12 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 11 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 15 of 31 | 14 of 30 | 15 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 3/2 | 4/3 | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ |
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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 by start week
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Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
7 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 47 (e.g. 19 to 25 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 5.7 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
Kitesurfing at Schönberger Strand: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Schönberger Strand?
The best months are July and September to October: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 60 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Schönberger Strand windy in October?
Yes, very. 60 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 19 days in a typical October. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Schönberger Strand?
The water ranges from 3 °C in February to 20 °C in July. In October it is about 13 °C (wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves).
How many kite days does Schönberger Strand get in a year?
About 193 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
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Country
- Germany
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), 71 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 54.4189, 10.4066
- 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 Schleswig-Holstein
- 60% kite days
Brasilien1 km
13 kn WSW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Brasilien: Jan 59 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 49 %, May 47 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 60 %, Nov 55 %, Dec 58 % - 56% kite days
Hohenfelde6 km
12 kn SW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Hohenfelde: Jan 53 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 44 %, May 42 %, Jun 38 %, Jul 45 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 51 %, Dec 54 % - 56% kite days
Bülk14 km
12 kn SW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Bülk: Jan 53 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 47 %, May 43 %, Jun 41 %, Jul 47 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 52 % - 62% kite days
Hohwacht21 km
13 kn WSW14 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Hohwacht: Jan 65 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 50 %, May 49 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 43 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 65 % - 66% kite days
Damp30 km
13 kn SW14 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Damp: Jan 62 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 52 %, May 49 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 55 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 61 % - 61% kite days
Aschau31 km
12 kn SW14 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Aschau: Jan 55 %, Feb 57 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 49 %, May 47 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 55 % - 58% kite days
Dazendorf33 km
12 kn WSW14 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Dazendorf: Jan 54 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 46 %, May 47 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 47 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 49 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 51 % - 64% kite days
Flügge, Fehmarn39 km
14 kn WSW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Flügge, Fehmarn: Jan 65 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 54 %, May 55 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 60 %, Oct 64 %, Nov 61 %, Dec 64 %
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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 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 60 % of days at Schönberger Strand 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/schonberger-strand
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