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Great Salt Lake (South End) kitesurf and wingfoil spot
United States · Utah
Overview
Great Salt Lake (South End) is a kitesurf spot on the southern end of the Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. This unique lake offers exceptional buoyancy thanks to its extreme salinity (up to 27%). Vast shallow water expanses and salt beaches. Consistent thermal winds channeled between the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains. Surreal landscape with pink waters and salt formations. Season from April to November.
Spot forecast for Great Salt Lake (South End)
Sunrise 07:46 · Sunset 18:41
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Great Salt Lake (South End): when to go?
Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)
232h
in May · 30 rideable days
The season runs from March to September, peaking in May: 28 rideable days a month and 232 hours of usable wind, at 24 °C. The low point is January, at 10.5 days.
Rideable days per month
Wind strength when it is rideable
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 April, with 43 mm.
Monthly averages: Great Salt Lake (South End)
| Month | Rideable days | Usable wind | Temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5 | 75 h | 3 °C | 17 mm |
| February | 19.0 | 129 h | 8 °C | 21 mm |
| March | 24.5 | 197 h | 12 °C | 35 mm |
| April | 25.0 | 188 h | 16 °C | 43 mm |
| May | 30.0 | 232 h | 21 °C | 7 mm |
| June | 29.0 | 226 h | 29 °C | 2 mm |
| July | 27.5 | 211 h | 33 °C | 3 mm |
| August | 28.0 | 212 h | 31 °C | 32 mm |
| September | 29.5 | 189 h | 26 °C | 9 mm |
| October | 17.5 | 127 h | 18 °C | 28 mm |
| November | 12.5 | 77 h | 10 °C | 17 mm |
| December | 13.0 | 81 h | 7 °C | 14 mm |
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Technical details of Great Salt Lake (South End) spot
The spot works with winds from N, NNE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.
Spot opening date · Required level
- Spot opening date
- Open all year round
- Required level
- Intermediate
On the water
Hyper-saline water (up to 27% salinity). Exceptional buoyancy — impossible to sink. Water temperature from 0°C in winter to 25°C in summer. Very shallow in the south area. Salt and mud bottom. High salinity extremely irritating to eyes and wounds. No wetsuit needed in summer thanks to buoyancy, but mandatory rinsing after.
Hazards
Extreme salinity irritating to eyes, wounds, and mucous membranes — rinse thoroughly with fresh water after every session. Equipment must be rinsed (salinity corrodes everything). Brine flies in astronomical numbers in season. Intense sulfur odor. Mountain thunderstorms with lightning. Intense heat and reflection in summer. Sticky salt mud on shoreline.
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