Overview

Pine Creek is a kitesurf spot on Lake Pepin, Wisconsin side. Located in the northern part of the lake, this spot offers good water access with generous fetch. Lake Pepin, a 35 km natural widening of the Mississippi, offers varied conditions. Natural setting with valley bluffs. Season from May to October.

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Spot forecast for Pine Creek - 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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Pine Creek - 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

342h

in April · 27.5 rideable days

The season runs from March to June, peaking in April: 26 rideable days a month and 342 hours of usable wind, at 17 °C. The low point is September, at 21 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 73%13-20 knots · 26%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 73% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -3 °C. The wettest month is June, with 179 mm.

Monthly averages: Pine Creek - Lake Pepin

Monthly averages — Pine Creek - 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	25.5	219 h	-3 °C	3 mm
February	23.0	208 h	2 °C	9 mm
March	26.0	292 h	9 °C	83 mm
April	27.5	342 h	13 °C	80 mm
May	25.5	283 h	21 °C	72 mm
June	25.5	284 h	25 °C	179 mm
July	23.0	206 h	28 °C	92 mm
August	22.5	201 h	26 °C	79 mm
September	21.0	214 h	25 °C	15 mm
October	28.5	282 h	18 °C	26 mm
November	24.5	230 h	7 °C	40 mm
December	24.5	191 h	-2 °C	33 mm

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Technical details of Pine Creek - 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. Winds channeled by bluffs creating gusts. Sudden thunderstorms. Barge and boat traffic. Cold water in spring and fall.

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