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Curated season

Kitesurfing in Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland

Lake in Switzerland · 1 kite spots · airports LUG, BGY, ACH

Lake Silvaplana: a curated season, June to September, from documented sources. Weather models miss this local wind.

Kite Year

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Curated season: June to September. Maloja thermal wind, about 20 to 25 kn at its 15:00 to 17:00 peak. Season from documented sources, not model wind: Kitesailing Silvaplana: weather and water sports, IKSURFMAG: Lake Silvaplana guide, October 2026. No percentage, because global models miss the local wind here. Model numbers (known wrong here)
Model numbers (known wrong here)
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Model kite days by month at Silvaplana See, known wrong here: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 0 %, Apr 0 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 0 %, Nov 0 %, Dec 0 %

Global models miss the local wind here; these percentages are shown for transparency only.

Live forecastHow we count a kite day

Month by month

Tap a month for daylight, water, air and rain.

From about 13:00 to 18:00

MonthAir°C, daily maximumRain days1 mm or more
  • Daylight
    11.0 h
    Air
    9 °Cdaily maximum, 8 °C during kite hours
    Rain
    10 of 31with 1 mm or more

Curated season: the model wind here is known wrong, so this table shows daylight, water, air and rain only.

Source: season from the documented sources named above; air and rain from model data, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Best time to kitesurf in Lake Silvaplana

Lake Silvaplana: a curated season, June to September, from documented sources. Weather models miss this local wind.

Season months here: June, July, August, September. Each link shows where else to kite in that month.

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Is Lake Silvaplana windy?

Maloja thermal wind, about 20 to 25 kn at its 15:00 to 17:00 peak.

Live forecast

The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.

Live forecast from Windy

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Kite spots in Lake Silvaplana

  • Silvaplana SeeLow confidence

    River · main spot

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: curated season.

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