Spot report

🇺🇸Buffalo National River (Upper), Arkansas

updated 04:45 local · open-meteo

🛶 Kayak & canoe· Ozark bluff river · base: Ponca

America's first national river, with the Ponca-to-Kyles Landing float under 500-foot bluffs and a decades-old outfitter base.

Heads up · Upper river only floatable in spring; flash floods

Season · suits beginners

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Source ↗
Wind
6 km/h
gusts 16 · from SW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 22 °C
Daylight
07:19 → 18:38
22 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0

What's rideable right now

Wind

Water

Mountain

River

🏄

SUP

RIDEABLE

glassy — 6 km/h, prime

Best windows this week

  • Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h

  • Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 12 h

  • Sun 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 12 h

This week

Today

14 km/h

22–28 °C · 27 mm

🌀Whitewater

Thu

19 km/h

20–29 °C

⛵Sailing

Fri

25 km/h

7–18 °C

⛵Sailing

Sat

11 km/h

3–17 °C

🛶Kayak & canoe

Sun

11 km/h

6–20 °C

🏄SUP

Mon

4 km/h

11–18 °C

🏄SUP

Tue

5 km/h

13–23 °C

🏄SUP

bars: daily max wind · best sport each day

Pack list

  • No water temp inland → judge by air — 22 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
  • UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
  • 22 °C → sun shirt, 2 L of water
  • Daylight 07:19–18:38 → golden hour from 17:38

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