Overview

Long Point is a kitesurf spot on Lake Pepin, Minnesota side. Lake Pepin, a 35 km natural widening of the Mississippi, offers excellent fetch. Long Point provides good water access with a promontory allowing riding in various wind directions. Spectacular Mississippi Valley setting. Season from May to October.

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Spot forecast for Long Point - Lake Pepin

Sunrise 07:31 · Sunset 18:16

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

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Long Point - Lake Pepin: 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

334h

in April · 28 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are April, October and March, at 27 rideable days and 13 °C. The low point is July, at 20 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 76%13-20 knots · 23%21-30 knots · 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 -3 °C. The wettest month is June, with 182 mm.

Monthly averages: Long Point - Lake Pepin

Monthly averages — Long Point - Lake Pepin — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	26.0	213 h	-3 °C	3 mm
February	22.5	206 h	2 °C	8 mm
March	26.5	276 h	9 °C	69 mm
April	28.0	334 h	13 °C	90 mm
May	24.0	256 h	21 °C	58 mm
June	23.0	252 h	25 °C	182 mm
July	20.0	175 h	28 °C	149 mm
August	20.0	177 h	26 °C	69 mm
September	20.0	192 h	25 °C	11 mm
October	27.0	254 h	18 °C	16 mm
November	23.0	216 h	7 °C	37 mm
December	24.5	188 h	-2 °C	31 mm

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Technical details of Long Point - Lake Pepin spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

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

On the water

Freshwater with chop in sustained winds. Light Mississippi current. Moderate depth. Sandy bottom. Water warms in summer.

Hazards

Mississippi current. Bluffs channeling wind creating gusts. Sudden thunderstorms frequent. Barge and boat traffic. Cold water in spring and fall.

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