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Larkollen kirke sett fra vest
Larkollen, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sildebaugen

Kitesurf spot · Norway

Is it worth the trip?

12Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Sildebaugen, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallySW 8 kn8°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

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

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More kitesurf near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sildebaugen

Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.8 km out (1 in 278). The sea is about 3°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Larkollen. Within 5 km we also list 3 wind sports spots.

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$1,390–US$2,580 each

about US$1,390–US$2,580 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

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 OSL, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$456–US$945
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$214–US$355
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$569
Food7 days eating outabout US$382–US$710
Totalabout US$1,390–US$2,580

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Larkollen

Closest

Larkollen

5 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Larkollen · Booking.com

About Larkollen its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 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 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → OSL, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), then 2h 05m by road

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