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Lake Erie | Rondeau Park kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot
Canada · Ontario
Overview
Rondeau Provincial Park is a provincial park on a sand peninsula in Lake Erie, near Chatham-Kent. The peninsula creates a protected bay to the north (Rondeau Bay) and an exposed shoreline to the south. It's one of Ontario's southernmost provincial parks, with exceptional biodiversity (Carolinian forest). Popular camping in summer.
Spot forecast for Lake Erie | Rondeau Park
Sunrise 07:46 · Sunset 18:37
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Lake Erie | Rondeau Park: when to go?
Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)
209h
in December · 22.5 rideable days
Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are March, December and January, at 23 rideable days and 3 °C. The low point is May, at 15.5 days.
Rideable days per month
Wind strength when it is rideable
When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 75% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -1 °C. The wettest month is April, with 86 mm.
Monthly averages: Lake Erie | Rondeau Park
| Month | Rideable days | Usable wind | Temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0 | 210 h | -1 °C | 67 mm |
| February | 16.0 | 144 h | 2 °C | 27 mm |
| March | 23.5 | 205 h | 7 °C | 28 mm |
| April | 20.0 | 177 h | 12 °C | 86 mm |
| May | 15.5 | 130 h | 18 °C | 48 mm |
| June | 19.5 | 190 h | 24 °C | 38 mm |
| July | 16.5 | 138 h | 27 °C | 25 mm |
| August | 16.0 | 109 h | 26 °C | 64 mm |
| September | 15.5 | 96 h | 23 °C | 19 mm |
| October | 17.0 | 148 h | 17 °C | 49 mm |
| November | 20.0 | 187 h | 9 °C | 36 mm |
| December | 22.5 | 209 h | 2 °C | 69 mm |
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Technical details of Lake Erie | Rondeau Park spot
The spot works with winds from E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W.
Spot opening date · Required level
- Spot opening date
- Open all year round
- Required level
- Intermediate
On the water
Lake Erie fresh water. Lake side (south): chop to waves, good fetch. Bay side (north): flatter and more protected water. Sandy bottom. Warm water in summer (22-26°C). Shallow in the bay. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes.
Hazards
Provincial park — strict regulations, wildlife protected zones (species at risk). Kitesurfing may be restricted. Lake Erie can become very rough. Sudden and violent thunderstorms in summer. Mosquitoes in the evening.
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Additional stations
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CEDAR SPRINGS14.9 km
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Chatham-Kent19.2 km
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