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Světlá nad Sázavou, Sázava, most
Světlá nad Sázavou, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Honza Groh ( Jagro ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Smrčné

Kayak spot · Czechia

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

80Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Wind 6 kn gusting 14, Air 11 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 77 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 79 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 78 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 74 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
3°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Mon 9 · 79 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 279, good
  2. Tue 377, good
  3. Wed 479, good
  4. Thu 580, good
  5. Fri 684, good
  6. Sat 778, good
  7. Sun 874, good
  8. Mon 979, good
  9. Tue 1079, good
  10. Wed 1167, good

The spot in two facts

  • Flat waterthe water
  • 10.1 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 Smrčné
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov79, good7 kn14kn6°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov77, good8 kn18kn5°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov79, good8 kn18kn7°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov80, good6 kn14kn8°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov84, good6 kn14kn11°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov78, good5 kn20kn6°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov74, good4 kn14kn3°C0.3 mm
Mon 9Nov79, good2 kn9kn6°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov79, good8 kn19kn6°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov67, good14 kn33kntoo gusty7°C0 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.

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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Smrčné

A river section on the Sázava, from a put-in down to a take-out. It runs 10 km along the river. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 26 km away. The town to stay in is Světlá nad Sázavou. Within 5 km we also list 2 kayak spots.

  • River Sázava
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Length 10 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 None within 10 km, the nearest 26 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$1,130–US$2,150 each

about US$1,130–US$2,150 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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
Flightsreturn ORD to VIE, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$517–US$1,070
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$101–US$168
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$195–US$329
Food7 days eating outabout US$188–US$356
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$127–US$235
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,150

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Světlá nad Sázavou

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Closest

Světlá nad Sázavou

about 10 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Světlá nad Sázavou · Booking.com

About Světlá nad Sázavou its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$74 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 17h 40m

About 17h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → VIE, direct, then 3h 40m by road

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

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 25 km.

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