Spot report
🇨🇦Bow River, Alberta
updated 03:45 local · open-meteo
🎣 Fishing· urban tailwater river · base: Calgary
The world's best big-city trout river, with trophy browns and rainbows below Calgary and a long-established drift-boat guide scene.
Heads up · Flood years and runoff; long floats need shuttles; boat launches book up
Wind
5 km/h
gusts 13 · from SE
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry at 2 °C — watch for black ice
Daylight
07:57 → 18:45
2 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 5 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Fri 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Sun 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Mon 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 11 h
This week
Today
33 km/h
1–17 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
21 km/h
-4–11 °C
⛵Sailing
Fri
10 km/h
4–21 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sat
30 km/h
8–21 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
14 km/h
2–13 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Mon
8 km/h
4–9 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
12 km/h
1–12 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 2 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 2 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 07:57–18:45 → golden hour from 17:45
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