Overview

Loch Thom is a freshwater reservoir at 195m altitude in the Greenock Cut Hills, Inverclyde. This inland spot offers flat water conditions in a mountainous setting. Wind often accelerated by hill effect. Cold water. Accessible by road from Greenock.

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Spot forecast for Loch Thom

Sunrise 08:00 · Sunset 18:07

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

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Loch Thom: 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

345h

in May · 30 rideable days

The season runs from February to August, peaking in May: 29 rideable days a month and 345 hours of usable wind, at 13 °C. The low point is November, at 22.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 66%13-20 knots · 31%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 66% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 4 °C. The wettest month is December, with 265 mm.

Monthly averages: Loch Thom

Monthly averages — Loch Thom — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	24.0	202 h	4 °C	116 mm
February	27.5	287 h	6 °C	156 mm
March	27.5	313 h	8 °C	124 mm
April	28.5	352 h	11 °C	151 mm
May	30.0	345 h	15 °C	126 mm
June	28.5	466 h	15 °C	105 mm
July	28.0	370 h	17 °C	93 mm
August	30.0	406 h	16 °C	193 mm
September	26.5	309 h	13 °C	99 mm
October	25.5	278 h	11 °C	148 mm
November	22.5	184 h	7 °C	171 mm
December	26.5	215 h	6 °C	265 mm

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Technical details of Loch Thom 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: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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