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Sheboygan June 2025 109 (Sheboygan River and Boat Island Park)
Sheboygan River. Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sheboygan River

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Wind 10 kn gusting 13, Air 12 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 66 out of 100

Wind
18 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0.2 mm

Wed 4 · 75 out of 100

Wind
15 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
14°C
Rain
8.1 mm

Thu 5 · 87 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
12°C
Rain
1 mm

Fri 6 · 85 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C
Rain
1.8 mm

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
9°C
Rain
1.8 mm

Mon 9 · 81 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0.3 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 286, good
  2. Tue 366, good
  3. Wed 475, good
  4. Thu 587, good
  5. Fri 685, good
  6. Sat 784, good
  7. Sun 884, good
  8. Mon 981, good
  9. Tue 1083, good
  10. Wed 1184, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

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 Sheboygan River
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov86, good11 kn13kn15°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov66, good18 kn23kn14°C0.2 mm
Wed 4Nov75, good15 kn19kn14°C8.1 mm
Thu 5Nov87, good10 kn13kn12°C1 mm
Fri 6Nov85, good9 kn12kn11°C1.8 mm
Sat 7Nov84, good5 kn9kn9°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov84, good10 kn14kn9°C1.8 mm
Mon 9Nov81, good7 kn18kn8°C0.3 mm
Tue 10Nov83, good11 kn17kn10°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov84, good7 kn10kn10°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. The river's level is under In the water. 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 expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 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 Tue 3 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

the spot and 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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Photos of Sheboygan River

Sheboygan June 2025 111 (Rotary Riverview Park and Sheboygan River)
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beach near downtown Sheboygan Wisconsin
Near Sheboygan River, 1 km away. Photo: Djngsf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sheboygan River

A launch on the Sheboygan River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Sheboygan. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • River Sheboygan River
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

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$926–US$1,640 each

about US$926–US$1,640 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: fuel, 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Fuelabout 510 km there and back, sharedabout US$34–US$47
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$349–US$584
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Kayak hire5 days, or bring your ownabout US$201–US$376
Totalabout US$926–US$1,640

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Sheboygan

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Closest

Sheboygan

about 5 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Sheboygan · Booking.com

About Sheboygan its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 3h 10m

About 3h 10m door to door from Chicago

Drive: Drive, about 3h 10m

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at SHEBOYGAN RIVER AT SHEBOYGAN, WI, 3 km upstream: 5.07 m³/s, normal for November (updated 3 h ago). Running.

Bands are this gauge's own record: under its usual low, running, high, and in flood on its few highest days a year. Not a runnable range for the section: check before you go. River levels in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey (public domain). Credits

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits