Spot report
🇺🇸Kern River, California
updated 02:30 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· river system class II-V · base: Kernville
Lower, Upper and Forks of the Kern give everything from family floats to the class V Forks wilderness run, all based from Kernville.
Heads up · Kern has a deadly reputation at high water; Forks requires permit and pack-in
Wind
3 km/h
gusts 3 · from N
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 10 °C
Daylight
06:59 → 18:19
10 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 3 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Wed 6am–4pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Mon 7am–3pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 9 h
This week
Today
16 km/h
9–25 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Thu
37 km/h
13–30 °C
⛵Sailing
Fri
36 km/h
13–29 °C
⛵Sailing
Sat
11 km/h
12–29 °C
🏄SUP
Sun
24 km/h
10–29 °C
⛵Sailing
Mon
18 km/h
10–29 °C
⛵Sailing
Tue
17 km/h
10–27 °C
⛵Sailing
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 10 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 10 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 06:59–18:19 → golden hour from 17:19
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