Best time to kitesurf Lista – Borhaug

The best time to kitesurf at Lista – Borhaug is January, October, December, with about 18 windy days a month (15+ knots) and water around 9°C.

Farsund, Agder, Norway

Sports: Kitesurfing, Windsurfing, Surfing

Best time to go: January, October, December

Lista is the flat, open peninsula at the southern tip of Norway, west of Farsund in Agder, and its long sandy beaches are known as the best in the country for windsurfing and kiting. This spot is on the west side, at Borhaug and Bispen beach by the village of Vestbygd, 2 km south of Lista lighthouse. A surf school at Tjørvehavn in Borhaug runs lessons all year, and windsurfing and surfing are also taught on sheltered, shallow beaches nearby.

The coast is open to the south-west and west, so south-west to north-west winds blow onshore or cross-onshore and bring chop and waves, with sets above mast height on big days, while the water is flatter in the lee of the harbour breakwater. For surfing, the beach breaks pick up south-west swell and are cleanest with light northerly or easterly winds, mostly in autumn and winter. The bottom is sand, with rocks around the points. The Lista lighthouse weather station, 2 km away, records 15 knots or more on about four days in ten through the year; strong winds come mostly from the west and north-west, and in winter often from the east, which blows offshore here.

Large parts of the Lista beaches are nature reserves for birds, and kiting and windsurfing are banned in some of them, for example Tjørvebukta and parts of Havika: read the signs before you launch, and keep dogs on a leash. Offshore easterly winds and rocks near the points make it a spot for confident riders. The water is about 5 °C in March and 16 °C in August: a 5/4 or 6/5 with boots, gloves and hood in winter and spring, a 4/3 in summer.

Month by month at Lista – Borhaug

January: 18 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 14 knots, waves 1.5 m, water 6°C, air 4°C (nights -0°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 5 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 19; a day can have both
February: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 13 knots, waves 1.6 m, water 5°C, air 5°C (nights 0°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 10 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 18; a day can have both
March: 15 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 1.4 m, water 5°C, air 7°C (nights 2°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 19 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 15; a day can have both
April: 15 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 1.3 m, water 6°C, air 10°C (nights 3°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 23 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both
May: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.9 m, water 10°C, air 13°C (nights 7°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both
June: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 14°C, air 16°C (nights 11°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 14; a day can have both
July: 13 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 16°C, air 18°C (nights 13°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 16; a day can have both
August: 15 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 13 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 16°C, air 18°C (nights 13°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 17; a day can have both
September: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.8 m, water 16°C, air 16°C (nights 11°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 22 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 17; a day can have both
October: 19 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 15 knots, waves 1 m, water 14°C, air 12°C (nights 8°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 14 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 20; a day can have both
November: 13 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 1.3 m, water 10°C, air 8°C (nights 4°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 8 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 18; a day can have both
December: 17 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 14 knots, waves 1.4 m, water 8°C, air 5°C (nights 2°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 1 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 20; a day can have both

When is the best time to go kitesurfing & windsurfing at Lista – Borhaug?

January, October, December, when it is windy most often.

When is the best time to go surfing at Lista – Borhaug?

January–February, when the waves are biggest.

How warm is the water at Lista – Borhaug?

5°C to 16°C over the year: a 4/3 full suit in the warmest month, a 6/5 with hood, boots and gloves in the coolest.

How windy is Lista – Borhaug?

About 180 days a year with at least 2 hours of 15+ knots in the daytime, most in October.

Figures from 4 years of weather data (Open-Meteo).

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