Overview

Örsholmen is a kitesurf spot located in Värmland, on Lake Vänern near Karlstad. This spot offers an open water area with good exposure to southwest to west winds. The position on a peninsula allows benefiting from different wind orientations. Lake Vänern offers freshwater conditions with significant fetch. The spot is easily accessible from Karlstad and has good rigging space.

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Spot forecast for Örsholmen

Sunrise 07:55 · Sunset 17:45

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Örsholmen: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

315h

in June · 25 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are June, August and July, at 20 rideable days and 21 °C. The low point is April, at 10 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 76%13-20 knots · 22%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 76% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -2 °C. The wettest month is July, with 145 mm.

Monthly averages: Örsholmen

Monthly averages — Örsholmen — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	10.5	79 h	-2 °C	91 mm
February	12.5	93 h	1 °C	61 mm
March	12.5	113 h	7 °C	32 mm
April	10.0	95 h	11 °C	45 mm
May	14.5	139 h	18 °C	31 mm
June	25.0	315 h	20 °C	81 mm
July	17.0	202 h	23 °C	145 mm
August	19.0	245 h	21 °C	55 mm
September	13.0	127 h	17 °C	67 mm
October	16.0	143 h	12 °C	80 mm
November	15.5	117 h	5 °C	40 mm
December	15.5	109 h	4 °C	60 mm

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Technical details of Örsholmen spot

The spot works with winds from S, SSW, SW, WSW, W.

Depending on conditions: SE, SSE, WNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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