Checking the wind…
Romandy
Now, onshore. Closed from 1 October to 31 March.
No day with a go window this week.
Closed from 1 October to 31 March.
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| ICON-CH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON-D2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
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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 beach at Le Bouveret lies in the federal Les Grangettes bird reserve at the mouth of the Rhône, where you may only kitesurf from 1 April to 30 September, so Windulu closes the spot from October to March. The part by the mouth is closed all year and cordoned off with yellow buoys. The beach faces west-north-west, so west is onshore and south-west and north-west come in side-on, while north and south blow cross-shore and north-east and south-east already come side-off the land. In an easterly you are blown out onto Lake Geneva and Windulu gives a no-go. Tide plays no part, and kitesurfing is only allowed from 8 am to 9 pm, so outside those hours Windulu also gives a no-go. The live data comes every ten minutes, gusts included, from MeteoSwiss at Le Bouveret, 500 metres away.
The beach lies in the Les Grangettes bird reserve: kitesurfing only from 1 April to 30 September inclusive, and never in the closed part at the mouth of the Rhône (yellow buoys). Keep 50 m from scheduled boats. Only from 8 am to 9 pm. Source: OROEM (SR 922.32), object sheet no. 8; Règlement de la navigation sur le Léman.
The open water at Le Bouveret faces WNW (282°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are southwest, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, northeast, southeast and south, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the east, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).