Checking the wind…
Romandy
Now, cross-onshore. Too little wind to ride.
Best chance this week: tomorrow 10-17h, up to 17 kn.
Too little wind to ride.
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| ICON-CH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON-D2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
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| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – |
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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 Neuchâtel allows kitesurfing on the whole Neuchâtel part of the lake, keeping 200 metres from scheduled boats and landing stages, and designates no fixed launch, so Windulu places the spot at the Nid-du-Crô sports centre in the town of Neuchâtel. The shore faces east-south-east, so east is onshore and north-east and south-east come in side-on, while north and south blow cross-shore and south-west and north-west already come side-off the land. In a westerly you are blown out onto the lake, which is up to 8 kilometres wide, and then 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. The live data comes every ten minutes, gusts included, from MeteoSwiss in Neuchâtel, 400 metres away and some 55 metres above the lake.
Kitesurfing is allowed on the Neuchâtel part of the lake, keeping 200 m from scheduled boats and landing stages. Only from 8 am to 9 pm. Source: Canton de Neuchâtel, RSN 766.393.
The open water at Neuchâtel (Nid-du-Crô) faces ESE (103°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are northeast, east and southeast (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, south, southwest and northwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the west, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).