Lake · Autonomous Community of the Basque Country · Spain
Ulibarri-Gamboa
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
- 12 % Offabout 4 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 88 %
- Kiteable 12 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 15:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.1 h
- Air
- 19 °Cdaily maximum, 17 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 11 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
| Kite days% of days | 10 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | 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 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 15 to 15 | 12 to 16 | 11 to 15 | 12 to 16 | · | · | · | · | · | 12 to 15 | 12 to 14 | 12 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 15 of 31 | 10 of 28 | 15 of 31 | 13 of 30 | 14 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 8 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 16 of 30 | 14 of 31 |
- In January, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (10 %).
- In February, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 3 kite days out of 28 (10 %).
- In March, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (19 %).
- In April, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (13 %).
- In May, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (5 %).
- In June, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (2 %).
- In July, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In August, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (1 %).
- In September, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %).
- In October, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
- In November, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 3 kite days out of 30 (10 %).
- In December, Ulibarri-Gamboa averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (11 %).
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 Ulibarri-Gamboa
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 81 %
- Kiteable 19 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 81 %, kiteable on 19 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 11:00 to 15:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from SSE (158°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Ulibarri-Gamboa: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Ulibarri-Gamboa?
Ulibarri-Gamboa rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Ulibarri-Gamboa windy in October?
Rarely. 12 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 4 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Ulibarri-Gamboa get in a year?
About 30 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
- Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
- Country
- Spain
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Vitoria Airport (VIT), 12 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 42.9441, -2.6036
- 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.
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Nearby kite spots in Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
Kite days in October, % of days
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Spain · 21 points more kite days than Ulibarri-Gamboa in October
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28 %Kite days by month at Zarautz: Jan 35 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 23 %, May 22 %, Jun 15 %, Jul 13 %, Aug 13 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 28 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 38 % - Ereaga
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24 %Kite days by month at Ereaga: Jan 33 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 35 %, Apr 21 %, May 20 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 12 %, Aug 15 %, Sep 18 %, Oct 24 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 37 % - Bakio
Spain · 25 points more kite days than Ulibarri-Gamboa in October
37 %Kite days by month at Bakio: Jan 43 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 31 %, May 30 %, Jun 25 %, Jul 18 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 46 % - La Arena
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33 %Kite days by month at La Arena: Jan 40 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 35 %, May 33 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 43 % - Zurriola
Spain · 8 points more kite days than Ulibarri-Gamboa in October
20 %Kite days by month at Zurriola: Jan 30 %, Feb 23 %, Mar 27 %, Apr 15 %, May 15 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 8 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 30 %, Dec 31 %
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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, 12 % of days at Ulibarri-Gamboa 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/ulibarri-gamboa
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