Checking the wind…
Romandy
Now, cross-onshore. Too little wind to ride.
Best chance this week: Monday 11-16h, up to 27 kn.
Too little wind to ride.
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| ICON-CH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON-D2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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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| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 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.
At Portalban you may only kitesurf north-east of the harbour, because to the south-west lies the Chevroux-Portalban bird reserve, where kitesurfing is prohibited under federal law, and that is also where you end up if you drift along the shore in a north-easterly. 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. The live data comes every ten minutes, gusts included, from MeteoSwiss in Neuchâtel, 8.3 kilometres to the north on the far side of the lake, so it mainly tells you how the wind is blowing over there.
Kitesurfing is only allowed north-east of the harbour; to the south-west lies the Chevroux-Portalban bird reserve, where kitesurfing is prohibited under federal law. Keep 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; OROEM (SR 922.32) art. 5.
The open water at Portalban 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).