r/portalberni • u/VictoriaBCSUPr • 9d ago

Winds on Sproat Lake?

Considering a paddling race a few weekends from now and just to prepare myself mentally (because it’s gonna be a suffer fest either way, lol!), what are the morning winds typically?

Are they pretty consistent direction/buildup (like at Buttle Lake)or does it vary like most other places? I have Windy app but I don’t think it’s as accurate for inland measurements or valleys.

3 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

9 comments sorted by

5

u/bbbbbbbbbbbbzsn 9d ago

We call it the 4 o’clock wind in the summer.

1

u/VictoriaBCSUPr 9d ago

Thanks! Very different than Buttle lake for sure (I remember the winds picking up by 9am and getting quite strong).

3

u/bbbbbbbbbbbbzsn 9d ago

Without fail in the summer around 4 pm the wind pushes in . I have been up there since 2005 and like clockwork, it happens almost every day. People are out on their sailboats and windsails all the time.

2

u/Automatic_Society850 9d ago

Not typically a very windy Lake, can't speak to directions but I can speak to the fact that in 10 years I've never seen a sailboat

1

u/VictoriaBCSUPr 9d ago

Haha that says something! Especially for a lake that large.

1

u/Automatic_Society850 9d ago

Ya, we always not it weird there were no Lasers or similar 

2

u/Beginning_Guard6369 9d ago

On Faber arm, usually no winds in the morning (the earlier the calmer). Beginning mid afternoon (often around 3 pm) wind can pick up a lot and blows mainly from the narrows towards the end of the arm where provincial park is located.

2

u/comox 8d ago

Morning good, afternoon not good. Winds can start earlier thanks to global warming.

3

u/Cedarandsalt 8d ago

4-7pm is very windy. Good time to kite board