Checking the wind…
Central and Eastern Switzerland
Too little wind to ride.
Best chance this week: Monday 15-16h, up to 20 kn.
Cross-offshore wind. Only with rescue or experience.
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| ICON-CH | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON-D2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Direction | NE | ESE | W | WSW | SW | ESE | ENE | ESE | ENE | ENE | ENE | SE | W | ESE | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | ENE | E | E | ENE | SE | ESE | SE | S | ESE | ENE | E | E | E | E | E | E | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | ESE | ESE | SE | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | SE | SE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | E | E | ENE | ENE | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | NE | NE | NE | NNW | WNW | NW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | E | E | E | ESE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SSE | SSE | S | S | S | S | S | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SW |
| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | 9m | 12m | 12m | – | – | 9m | 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.
According to the canton of St. Gallen you may kitesurf almost anywhere on the Walensee, although in the bay of Walenstadt the 150-metre strip along the shore is closed apart from a single corridor, and that corridor starts at this spot. The shore faces west-north-west, down the length of the lake, so west to north-west is onshore and south-west and north come in side-on, while north-north-east and south-south-west blow cross-shore and north-east and south already come side-off the land. From east to south-east you are blown out onto the lake, and because it is an enclosed lake, Windulu then gives a warning instead of a no-go. Tide plays no part, and kitesurfing is only allowed from 8 am to 9 pm, so outside those hours Windulu gives a no-go. The live data comes every ten minutes, gusts included, from MeteoSwiss at Quinten, 6.3 kilometres to the west on the northern shore.
In the bay of Walenstadt the 150 m shore strip is closed, except for the launch and landing corridor from this spot; take the shortest route to open water. Keep 150 m from landing stages, bathing areas, harbour entrances and the Gosten Ost nature reserve. Only from 8 am to 9 pm. Source: Kanton St. Gallen, Strassenverkehrs- und Schifffahrtsamt (map of 10-2-2016).
The open water at Walenstadt faces WNW (293°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, southwest, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the northeast, east, southeast and south, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone.