Spot report
🇺🇸Nantahala River, North Carolina
updated 14:30 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· dam-release class II-III river · base: Bryson City
Home of the Nantahala Outdoor Center and the 2013 Freestyle Worlds; the reliable class II-III release run is where much of the Southeast learns to paddle.
Heads up · Very cold bottom-release water year-round; busy summer rafting traffic
Wind
4 km/h
gusts 7 · from NW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 20 °C
Daylight
07:44 → 18:53
20 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 5
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
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SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 4 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Mon 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Tue 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 2 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 2 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
10 km/h
1–21 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
10 km/h
9–23 °C
🏄SUP
Wed
12 km/h
7–22 °C
🏄SUP
Thu
8 km/h
6–23 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
5 km/h
7–23 °C
🏄SUP
Sat
6 km/h
7–21 °C
🏄SUP
Sun
6 km/h
5–21 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 20 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 5 — moderate → sunscreen on the exposed bits
- 20 °C → sun shirt, 2 L of water
- Daylight 07:44–18:53 → golden hour from 17:53
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