Spot report
🇨🇦Madawaska River (Palmer Rapids), Ontario
updated 06:15 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· class II-III teaching river · base: Palmer Rapids
The Madawaska Kanu Centre has taught whitewater here since 1972; the warm class II-III Lower Mad is Canada's paddling school river.
Heads up · Low water by late summer; school-based access
Wind
11 km/h
gusts 31 · from NW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 8 °C
Daylight
07:24 → 18:26
8 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🪂
Paraglide
RIDEABLE11 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
12 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
20 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
13 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h
This week
Today
15 km/h
7–9 °C
🪂Paraglide
Thu
13 km/h
2–7 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Fri
22 km/h
2–5 °C · 14 mm
⛵Sailing
Sat
23 km/h
-3–6 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
18 km/h
1–14 °C
⛵Sailing
Mon
20 km/h
7–16 °C
⛵Sailing
Tue
13 km/h
3–15 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 8 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 8 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:24–18:26 → golden hour from 17:26
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