Checking the wind…
Romandy
Offshore wind. Too dangerous.
Best chance this week: Monday 11-16h, up to 27 kn.
Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.
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| ICON-CH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON-D2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
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Log your sessions; that is how Windulu gets to know you.
The advice is a tool. You remain responsible for your own safety.
The canton of Fribourg allows kitesurfing on its part of Lake Neuchâtel, but prohibits it in two strips along the shore south-west and north-east of Estavayer-le-Lac, and Windulu places the spot on the beach in between. Keep 200 metres from scheduled boats and landing stages. The shore faces north-north-west, so north-west to north is onshore and west and north-east come in side-on, while south-west blows cross-shore and east already comes side-off the land. From south-east to south you are blown out onto the lake and Windulu gives a no-go. Kitesurfing is only allowed from 8 am to 9 pm, and outside those hours Windulu also gives a no-go. Tide plays no part on the lake. Windulu does not show live data here, because the nearest MeteoSwiss station, at Payerne, is 9 kilometres inland, so you decide on the forecast.
Kitesurfing is allowed on the Fribourg part of the lake, except in the prohibited strips along the shore south-west and north-east of Estavayer, and keeping 200 m from scheduled boats and landing stages. Only from 8 am to 9 pm. Source: Canton de Fribourg, arrêté 785.21 art. 3a and annex 1.
The open water at Estavayer-le-Lac faces NNW (335°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, northeast, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the east and southwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the southeast and south, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).