River · Oregon · United States
The Hook
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 lowGorge thermal wind: global weather models cannot resolve this local wind. Global weather models underestimate local thermal winds at lakes, gorges and some coasts. Shares its model grid cell with 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
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
- 11.0 h
- Air
- 17 °Cdaily maximum, 16 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 10 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
| Kite days% of days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | cold | cold |
| 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 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 19 of 31 | 16 of 28 | 15 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 1 of 31 | 2 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 16 of 30 | 18 of 31 |
- In January, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In February, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 28 (0 %).
- In March, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In April, The Hook averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (3 %).
- In May, The Hook averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (6 %).
- In June, The Hook averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %).
- In July, The Hook averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
- In August, The Hook averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (2 %).
- In September, The Hook averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (1 %).
- In October, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In November, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In December, The Hook averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
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 The Hook
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 May, the windiest month
- Too light 94 %
- Kiteable 6 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 94 %, kiteable on 6 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from W (270°).
Kitesurfing at The Hook: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at The Hook?
The Hook rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is The Hook 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 The Hook get in a year?
About 6 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
- Oregon
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- River, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Portland International Airport (PDX), 85 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 45.7165, -121.5260
- 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 Oregon
Kite days in October, % of days
- Jones Beach
United States · 1 point more kite days than The Hook in October
1 %Kite days by month at Jones Beach: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 0 %, Apr 1 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 1 %, Nov 0 %, Dec 0 % - Seaside
United States · 27 points more kite days than The Hook in October
27 %Kite days by month at Seaside: Jan 47 %, Feb 42 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 43 %, May 30 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 14 %, Aug 13 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 27 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 44 % - Canyon Drive Park
United States · 27 points more kite days than The Hook in October
27 %Kite days by month at Canyon Drive Park: Jan 42 %, Feb 38 %, Mar 41 %, Apr 43 %, May 36 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 27 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 40 % - Florence North Jetty
United States · 20 points more kite days than The Hook in October
20 %Kite days by month at Florence North Jetty: Jan 39 %, Feb 37 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 49 %, May 48 %, Jun 52 %, Jul 67 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 37 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 33 % - Coos Bay North
United States · 44 points more kite days than The Hook in October
44 %Kite days by month at Coos Bay North: Jan 49 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 59 %, May 58 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 59 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 37 % - Floras Lake
United States · 55 points more kite days than The Hook in October
55 %Kite days by month at Floras Lake: Jan 61 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 62 %, May 67 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 77 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 52 % - Pistol River
United States · 41 points more kite days than The Hook in October
41 %Kite days by month at Pistol River: Jan 48 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 51 %, May 62 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 35 %, Dec 37 %
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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 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: low.
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In October, 0 % of days at The Hook 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/the-hook
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