Sea · Gotland County · Sweden
Sudersand, Fårö
Best for kiting from July to October. Also windy, but cold: November to April.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 75%
- kite days
- Prime, 9 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 16kn
- from S
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 13°C
- 6/5 with boots and gloves
- water
- Trip odds
- 9in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 7.3 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 1 nearby spot, 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 16 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 24 %
- Kiteable 75 %
- Too strong 1 %
Too light on 24 %, kiteable on 75 %, too strong on 1 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often S (180°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 75 % Primeabout 23 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 24 %
- Kiteable 75 %
- Too strong 1 %
- Good years
- 9 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 9 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 7.3 expected (capped at 9 in 10)
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.4 h
- Water
- 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves
- Air
- 12 °Cdaily maximum, 11 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 15 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 71 | 73 | 69 | 63 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 64 | 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | cold | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 14 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 14 | 10 to 14 |
| Daylighth | 7.3 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 6.6 |
| Water°C at the surface | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 15 of 31 | 11 of 28 | 9 of 31 | 6 of 30 | 6 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 11 of 31 | 12 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+ | 6/5+ | 4/3 | 3/2 | 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
Pick your start week and trip length.
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
9 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 7.0 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 Sudersand, Fårö: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Sudersand, Fårö?
The best months are July to October: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 75 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Sudersand, Fårö windy in October?
Yes, very. 75 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 23 days in a typical October. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Sudersand, Fårö?
The water ranges from 3 °C in February to 19 °C in July. In October it is about 13 °C (wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves).
How many kite days does Sudersand, Fårö get in a year?
About 229 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
- Gotland County
- Country
- Sweden
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Visby Airport (VBY), 63 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 57.9527, 19.2550
- 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 Gotland County
- 79% kite days
Skalasand, Fårö5 km
16 kn SW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Skalasand, Fårö: Jan 73 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 64 %, May 49 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 67 %, Dec 74 % - 65% kite days
Lauterhorn, Fårö10 km
13 kn S13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Lauterhorn, Fårö: Jan 58 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 52 %, May 37 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 40 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 52 % - 54% kite days
Ireviken, Fårö41 km
12 kn SW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Ireviken, Fårö: Jan 55 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 36 %, May 25 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 54 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 45 % - 37% kite days
Åminne, Gotland47 km
10 kn S12 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Åminne, Gotland: Jan 32 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 31 %, Apr 24 %, May 15 %, Jun 18 %, Jul 18 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 28 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 20 %, Dec 27 % - 48% kite days
Gotland / Sandviken66 km
11 kn S13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Gotland / Sandviken: Jan 40 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 44 %, Apr 36 %, May 25 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 25 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 32 %, Dec 37 % - 67% kite days
Kallbadhuset, Gotland66 km
13 kn SW13 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Kallbadhuset, Gotland: Jan 62 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 55 %, Apr 52 %, May 38 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 56 % - 64% kite days
Lausvik, Gotland82 km
13 kn SW12 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Lausvik, Gotland: Jan 61 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 56 %, May 46 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 44 %, Aug 51 %, Sep 55 %, Oct 64 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 60 % - 56% kite days
Gotland / Tofta84 km
12 kn SW12 °C 6/5 with boots and glovessea
Kite days by month in Gotland / Tofta: Jan 53 %, Feb 49 %, Mar 45 %, Apr 40 %, May 29 %, Jun 29 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 40 %, Dec 49 %
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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: high.
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In October, 75 % of days at Sudersand, Fårö 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/sudersand-faro
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