The report · Åshavn, Kristiansand · Kite · January · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

Agder, Norway

Åshavn, Kristiansand

KiteJanuary

52% of January days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windp202The month's own recordsp303Full stays, schools & kitp404Launch notes and parkingp405Motorboats, swell & no standing areap506Getting there, packing & best monthsp507Sources, and their limitsp6
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
27 Sep 2026Record
2022 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, MET Norway Nordic 1 kmNormals
2022 to 2026
Four Januaries
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite524451484449474743535157Windsurf503641383540363734494749Wing524451484449474743535157

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, January

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 11% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, January

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm
Wind directionSW to WNP7’s text names W to WSW as the best; its wind window marks W and SW. The record counts every direction.
Wind strength16 to 18 ktThe mean over rideable daylight hours, October to January, in the record.
When it blowsAll dayOctober to January the share of windy days stays between about a third and a half from 8am to 6pm. In summer the afternoon is far windier.

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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January's own records

The month's own figures from four Januaries in the record, 2022 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days16 of 31Four Januaries in the record
Wind, rideable hours18 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air3.3°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt5.7 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeDecember57%18 rideable days in 31
Your monthJanuary52%16 rideable days in 31
AfterFebruary44%12 rideable days in 28

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Full stays, schools & kit

Stays

Lessons

Kit

Kristiansand Brettseilerklubb$··Club · Members only · Windsurf · WingThe windsurf club based at Åshavn. Members can use its windsurf rig or wingfoil rig for 100 NOK a go and store kit in its container for 200 NOK a year. Membership is 400 NOK a person.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Launch notes and parking

Åshavn
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this bay. Tide windows are not yet available.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Motorboats, swell & no standing area

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Emergencies at seaIn distress at sea, call 112 or use VHF channel 16. Norway’s coast radio stations keep a listening watch on channel 16 around the clock.
MotorboatsThe bay gets busy with motorboats passing through, and it holds a small-boat harbour of 25 berths. Keep a lookout and give them room.
No standing areaThere is no standing area. Chop, some swell and small waves of half a metre to a metre come through. For intermediate and advanced sailors only.
Swell and no standing area

There is no standing area in the bay, so it suits intermediate to advanced sailors. Chop, some swell and small waves of half a metre to a metre come through. No source describes the bottom or the shore in more detail.

Motorboats and parking

The bay gets busy with motorboats passing through, and it holds a small-boat harbour of 25 berths: keep a lookout and give them room. There are only a few parking spaces. No local rule on windsurfing at Åshavn was found. In distress at sea call 112 or use VHF channel 16.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportKristiansand Kjevik (KRS)About 29 km by road, about 38 minutes.
SeasonOctober to JanuaryThe windiest run in the record, with March level with November; December is the pick. Every month clears four days in ten, and the record counts every direction.
Getting aroundCar or busBy road through the Flekkerøy subsea tunnel, or bus 57 or 586 to the Åshavn stop. Only a few parking spaces at the bay.
What to pack
WaterChop. Chop, some swell and small waves of half a metre to a metre.StandingNone. No standing area, on NP7’s reading. Intermediate to advanced sailors only.EntranceEasy. NP7 calls it an easy entrance. Only a few parking spaces.Water temp4 to 13°C. October to January, about 13°C in October and 4 to 6°C in January. WindChaser’s average of readings at 1 m at the Institute of Marine Research’s Flødevigen station near Arendal, 2022 to 2026, about 60 km up the coast, not at the bay.KitBring your own. No school or public hire found. The club keeps a windsurf rig and a wingfoil rig at Åshavn for members, 100 NOK a go.
Kite sizes for January

Not derived: no source names Åshavn as a kite spot. The record’s mean over rideable hours is 16 to 18 kt from October to January.

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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from metno_nordic at 1 km, cell 0.1 km from the spot, December 2022 to September 2026, 3 to 4 years a month, no station correction. Every wind direction is counted.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from NP7’s Sørlandet guide: its text names W to WSW, its wind window W and SW. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordThree to four years a month. ERA5 over the same window reads about 19 points higher, and no station has settled it: treat the shares as a guide.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenNo stay, school or public hire found at Åshavn. The club’s own site lists the rigs it keeps there for members and their price. The cost tier rests on the nearest stay that publishes a price, a campsite in Kristiansand 17 km away.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Rider facts: launch, direction, water, level, hazardsWrittenEvery rider fact on the page about the launch, the wind direction, the water, the level and the hazards rests on one guide, NP7’s Sørlandet spot guide. The club’s own site adds only that Åshavn is its main location, where it sails slalom and racing and keeps rigs for members; it confirms none of NP7’s lines.
05Hazards, motorboats and the waterWrittenPhysical hazards from NP7 alone. The harbour from Flekkerøy Båtforening. Emergency channel and number from Hovedredningssentralen. No local rule found.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenAirport from Avinor, road distance from OSRM routing, tunnel from Wikipedia, bus lines from Entur’s national journey planner. Water temperature: WindChaser’s average of the Institute of Marine Research’s readings at 1 m at its Flødevigen station near Arendal, about 60 km away, not at the bay. No kite sizes derived.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launch.

The record

Hourly wind, 2022 to 2026, from MET Norway Nordic via Open-Meteo: a 1 km grid, read at the cell 0.1 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over three to four years.

What we could not source for Åshavn, Kristiansand

A second rider source for Åshavn’s launch, wind direction, water, level and hazards: every one of those rests on NP7’s guide alone, and the club’s own site confirms none of them. Any municipal or harbour rule on windsurfing there. A stay, a school or public hire at the bay, and a bar on the island. A water temperature measured at the bay: the figure given is from the Flødevigen station near Arendal. A bathing water classification and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Crowds by month. Tide information. A station check on the wind record, and a count of westerly days. A surveyed launch position and parking position. A licensed photograph of the bay.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 27 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Sierra200, CC BY-SA 4.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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