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Ravadas. Photo: Antti Leppänen, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ravadas

Kayak spot · Finland

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Wind 9 kn gusting 18, Air 2 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 69 out of 100

Wind
12 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
4°C
Rain
2 mm

Thu 5 · 70 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
0°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 72 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
1°C
Rain
0.5 mm

Sat 7 · 68 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
1°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 70 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
-2°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 70 out of 100

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

Tue 10 · 66 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
0°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 370, good
  2. Wed 469, good
  3. Thu 570, good
  4. Fri 671, good
  5. Sat 771, good
  6. Sun 870, good
  7. Mon 970, good
  8. Tue 1066, good
  9. Wed 1170, good
  10. Thu 1270, 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 Ravadas
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Tue 3Nov70, good10 kn24kn-1°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov69, good12 kn25kn4°C2 mm
Thu 5Nov70, good10 kn22kn0°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov71, good10 kn20kn1°C0.5 mm
Sat 7Nov71, good10 kn21kn1°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov70, good10 kn22kn-2°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov70, good7 kn16kn0°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov66, good11 kn22kn0°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov70, good9 kn26kn-2°C1.8 mm
Thu 12Nov70, good5 kn13kn-5°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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ravadas

A launch on the Ravadas. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Inari. Within 5 km we also list 3 kayak spots.

  • River Ravadas
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • 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$1,520–US$2,830 each

about US$1,520–US$2,830 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 IVL, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$463–US$959
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$577
Food7 days eating outabout US$335–US$624
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$195–US$356
Totalabout US$1,520–US$2,830

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Inari

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Closest

Inari

about 1h 30m by car · 14 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Inari · Booking.com

About Inari 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 20h 10m

About 20h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → IVL, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 1h 20m 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 50 km.

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

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