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12 kn+. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots between 10:00 and 19:00. How we count.

Lake · Tilarán · Costa Rica

Tilawa

Best for kiting in July and from November to April, with 54 to 78 % kite days.

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.

  1. J74
  2. F62
  3. M75
  4. A67
  5. M32
  6. J30
  7. J64
  8. A39
  9. S13
  10. O13
  11. N54
  12. D78
Kite days by month at Tilawa: Jan 74 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 75 %, Apr 67 %, May 32 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 13 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 78 %
  • 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.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 0, reached 50 %
  • Kite days
    13 % Offabout 4 of 31 days
    Too light, kiteable, too strong
    • Too light 87 %
    • Kiteable 13 %
    • Too strong 0 %
    Best hours
    10:00 to 11:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
    Daylight
    11.9 h
    Air
    26 °Cdaily maximum, 25 °C during kite hours
    Rain
    29 of 31with 1 mm or more
    In one sentence

    In October, Tilawa averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %).

Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. 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 Tilawa

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 December, the windiest month

  • Too light 12 %
  • Kiteable 78 %
  • Too strong 10 %

Too light on 12 %, kiteable on 78 %, too strong on 10 % of days.

Best hours: 10:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.

NESW

Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors

Wind steadily from ENE (68°).

Kitesurfing at Tilawa: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Tilawa?

The best months are July and November to April: from 2017 to 2025, 54 to 78 % of days in those months were kite days.

Is Tilawa windy in October?

Rarely. 13 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 4 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Tilawa get in a year?

About 182 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
Tilarán
Country
Costa Rica
Water body
Lake, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport
La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON), 43 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone
UTC-06:00 in October
Coordinates
10.5295, -84.9682
Model
ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Satellite view of Tilawa

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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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, 13 % of days at Tilawa 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/tilawa

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