Spot report
🇨🇦Ghost Lake, Alberta
updated 03:00 local · open-meteo
🪁 Kitesurf💨 Windsurf⛵ Sailing· mountain reservoir · base: Cochrane
Calgary's wind lake: a deep reservoir on the Bow with steady westerlies, a sailing academy and Alberta's main kite and windsurf community.
Heads up · Very cold water; rocky shore
Wind
10 km/h
gusts 10 · from SE
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 3 °C
Daylight
08:01 → 18:47
3 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🪂
Paraglide
RIDEABLE10 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely
Best windows this week
- Fri 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
15 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 11 h
- Tue 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
11 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 11 h
- Sun 8am–4pmRIDEABLE
12 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 9 h
This week
Today
31 km/h
1–14 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
16 km/h
-4–12 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
19 km/h
2–15 °C
⛵Sailing
Sat
35 km/h
1–17 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
12 km/h
-2–10 °C
🧗Climb
Mon
8 km/h
0–8 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
11 km/h
-2–12 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 3 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 3 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 08:01–18:47 → golden hour from 17:47
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