Overview

West Spot, body of water on the west shore of Strangford Lough. Sheltered spot with ideal conditions for flat water sessions. Works well with westerly winds that blow onshore on this side of the lough.

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Spot forecast for West Spot

Sunrise 08:01 · Sunset 18:13

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

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 07:12 · 3.1 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 13:20 · 1.6 m
High tide Tue 20 · 19:30 · 3.4 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 02:05 · 1.3 m

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West Spot: 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

391h

in June · 28 rideable days

The season runs from May to October, peaking in June: 24 rideable days a month and 391 hours of usable wind, at 16 °C. The low point is February, at 17 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 77%13-20 knots · 22%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 77% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is April, with 111 mm.

Monthly averages: West Spot

Monthly averages — West Spot — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	22.0	173 h	7 °C	69 mm
February	17.0	166 h	9 °C	71 mm
March	21.5	191 h	10 °C	107 mm
April	20.5	218 h	12 °C	111 mm
May	22.5	263 h	16 °C	47 mm
June	28.0	391 h	16 °C	71 mm
July	25.5	286 h	18 °C	73 mm
August	25.5	329 h	19 °C	69 mm
September	22.5	238 h	15 °C	96 mm
October	22.5	194 h	13 °C	91 mm
November	21.0	159 h	10 °C	106 mm
December	20.0	150 h	9 °C	85 mm

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Technical details of West Spot spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, SSE, S, NW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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George Best Belfast City Airport Airport15.9 kmsource aviationweather.gov

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