Overview

Melnragė is a seaside district north of Klaipėda, Lithuania's third-largest city. Melnragė Beach faces the Baltic Sea and is one of the most popular kitesurfing spots on the Lithuanian coast.

The sandy beach is wide and faces west. South-west to north-west winds are most favourable, blowing side-shore to side-onshore. The bottom is sandy and gradual. The spot can be quite exposed in heavy weather.

Melnragė is easily accessible from Klaipėda. The spot is popular with locals for its proximity to the city. There is parking and well-maintained access. The season runs from May to October.

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Spot forecast for Melnragė

Sunrise 08:16 · Sunset 18:24

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

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Melnragė: 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

301h

in June · 24 rideable days

The season runs from May to August, peaking in June: 22 rideable days a month and 301 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is February, at 9.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 48%13-20 knots · 41%21-30 knots · 11%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 48% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 2 °C. The wettest month is June, with 120 mm.

Monthly averages: Melnragė

Monthly averages — Melnragė — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	16.5	139 h	2 °C	100 mm
February	9.5	82 h	3 °C	57 mm
March	14.5	136 h	7 °C	31 mm
April	15.5	153 h	11 °C	29 mm
May	18.0	135 h	16 °C	38 mm
June	24.0	301 h	19 °C	120 mm
July	21.5	223 h	22 °C	115 mm
August	23.0	231 h	21 °C	89 mm
September	9.5	98 h	20 °C	84 mm
October	13.0	119 h	12 °C	92 mm
November	15.5	143 h	7 °C	94 mm
December	16.5	126 h	4 °C	64 mm

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Technical details of Melnragė spot

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

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Spot opening date · Required level

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

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