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🇺🇸Lake Tahoe / Emerald Bay & Desolation Wilderness, California
updated 03:15 local · open-meteo
Emerald Bay anchors the Lake Tahoe Water Trail and California's first underwater maritime heritage trail, and the Eagle Lake, Lake Aloha and Tahoe Rim trails above it are the most popular wilderness hiking in Northern California.
Heads up · Afternoon wind and cold 50F water; day-use permits at Eagle Falls, overnight quotas
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
Kayak & canoe
RIDEABLEmirror water — 7 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 8 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 7 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
11 km/h
4–16 °C
Thu
22 km/h
7–17 °C
Fri
12 km/h
6–20 °C
Sat
18 km/h
8–20 °C
Sun
24 km/h
7–18 °C
Mon
28 km/h
7–17 °C
Tue
11 km/h
7–15 °C
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 5 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 5 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 07:08–18:22 → golden hour from 17:22
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