Spot report
🇺🇸Montrose Beach, Illinois
updated 05:00 local · open-meteo
🪁 Kitesurf· urban lake beach · base: Chicago
Chicago's only sanctioned city kite beach, with Park District rules, Wilson and Montrose launch corridors and a committed local crew.
Heads up · Only on red/yellow flag days; PFD required; cold water
Wind
4 km/h
gusts 9 · from NE
Waves
0.1 m
2 s period
Road
dry
dry — 17 °C
Daylight
07:02 → 18:10
17 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 4 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Tue 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Wed 7am–3pmRIDEABLE
10 km/h — calm enough · 9 h
- Mon 1pm–6pmRIDEABLE
16 km/h — calm enough · 6 h
This week
Today
19 km/h · 0.7 m
14–18 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
24 km/h · 0.7 m
13–15 °C · 38 mm
🌀Whitewater
Fri
39 km/h · 2.1 m
9–14 °C · 1 mm
⛵Sailing
Sat
33 km/h · 2.0 m
8–15 °C
🌊Surf
Sun
25 km/h · 0.3 m
10–18 °C
⛵Sailing
Mon
19 km/h · 0.3 m
13–17 °C
⛵Sailing
Tue
10 km/h · 0.1 m
12–18 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · wave · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 17 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 17 °C → sun shirt, 2 L of water
- Daylight 07:02–18:10 → golden hour from 17:10
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