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Baudenkmal Wildeshausen Westerstraße 3 Marktansicht
Wildeshausen, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Gmbo 2013, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Hunte

Kayak spot · Germany

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

81Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Wind 1 kn gusting 5, Air 10 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 85 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
10°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Tue 3 · 81 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 80 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 79 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 79 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 185, good
  2. Mon 285, good
  3. Tue 381, good
  4. Wed 480, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 679, good
  7. Sat 779, good
  8. Sun 882, good
  9. Mon 982, good
  10. Tue 1059, fair

The spot in two facts

  • Flat waterthe water
  • 6.7 kmthe section

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Hunte
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov85, good3 kn9kn11°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov85, good1 kn5kn10°C1.2 mm
Tue 3Nov81, good6 kn13kn9°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov80, good7 kn16kn8°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov80, good6 kn17kn9°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov79, good6 kn14kn7°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov79, good4 kn10kn7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov82, good3 kn10kn9°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov82, good4 kn10kn9°C0.6 mm
Tue 10Nov59, fair10 kn24kn6°C2.1 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for grade III paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

put-in, take-out, its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More kayaking near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Hunte

A river section on the Hunte, from a put-in down to a take-out. It runs 6.7 km along the river. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away. The town to stay in is Wildeshausen. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Hunte
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Length 6.7 km along the river.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,300–US$2,450 each

about US$1,300–US$2,450 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BRE, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$469–US$978
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$67–US$107
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$308–US$509
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$161–US$308
Totalabout US$1,300–US$2,450

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Wildeshausen

Closest

Wildeshausen

10 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Wildeshausen · Booking.com

About Wildeshausen its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 15m

About 17h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BRE, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 50 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Wassersportverein Wildeshausen 5.4 km

  • Kanustation Huntethal 15 km

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits