Wind on the lakes today
The windiest lakes for sailing and kiting, and the calmest for paddling, right now.
Most wind
Sailing, windsurfing, and kiting
Lake SuperiorUnited States / Canada
28 km/h17 mph Wgusts 3723
Lake HuronUnited States / Canada
27 km/h17 mph Sgusts 4125
Coniston WaterUnited Kingdom
26 km/h16 mph WSWgusts 5836
Lake VätternSweden
25 km/h16 mph SSWgusts 3220
Lake OntarioUnited States / Canada
25 km/h15 mph SEgusts 2717
Lake MinnetonkaUnited States
25 km/h15 mph NWgusts 4226
Lake ErieUnited States / Canada
24 km/h15 mph SSEgusts 2817
Lake ChamplainUnited States / Canada
23 km/h14 mph SSEgusts 2717
Bala LakeUnited Kingdom
22 km/h13 mph WSWgusts 4427- Lake SimcoeCanada 20 km/h12 mph SEgusts 2515
Lake MalawiMalawi / Mozambique / Tanzania
20 km/h12 mph Wgusts 2717- Amistad ReservoirUnited States 20 km/h12 mph SEgusts 3623
Lake GardaItaly
20 km/h12 mph SSWgusts 2717
Crater LakeUnited States
20 km/h12 mph SWgusts 2717- Cooper (Chapman) LakeUnited States 19 km/h12 mph SSWgusts 3824
Lake TekapoNew Zealand
19 km/h12 mph NNWgusts 3320
Lake Corpus ChristiUnited States
19 km/h12 mph SSEgusts 4025- Flathead LakeUnited States 19 km/h12 mph Ngusts 1912
DerwentwaterUnited Kingdom
19 km/h12 mph SWgusts 4025
WindermereUnited Kingdom
18 km/h11 mph SWgusts 3421
Falcon ReservoirUnited States
18 km/h11 mph SEgusts 3220
Lake ArenalCosta Rica
17 km/h11 mph ENEgusts 4427
Lake BalatonHungary
17 km/h11 mph Ngusts 2214
Lake MjøsaNorway
17 km/h10 mph SEgusts 2516
Loch LomondUnited Kingdom
16 km/h10 mph WSWgusts 2616
Calmest
Paddling, swimming, and fishing from a boat
Lake of the OzarksUnited States
1 km/h0 mph Wgusts 96
Okanagan LakeCanada
2 km/h1 mph NNWgusts 21
Lake CaldonazzoItaly
2 km/h1 mph NNWgusts 53
Inle LakeMyanmar
2 km/h1 mph ESEgusts 64
Lake PlacidUnited States
2 km/h1 mph NWgusts 53- Issyk-KulKyrgyzstan 2 km/h1 mph NNWgusts 64
Lake HallwilSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph Ngusts 95
Lake SempachSwitzerland
3 km/h2 mph NEgusts 85
Lake Sainte-CroixFrance
3 km/h2 mph Sgusts 74
Ossiacher SeeAustria
3 km/h2 mph SSWgusts 117- MondseeAustria 3 km/h2 mph NWgusts 1811
Emerald LakeCanada
3 km/h2 mph NEgusts 106- Lake ZellAustria 3 km/h2 mph Egusts 85
Lake WakatipuNew Zealand
4 km/h2 mph NWgusts 3320- Lake PowellUnited States 4 km/h2 mph ESEgusts 53
Lake TahoeUnited States
4 km/h3 mph NEgusts 64
Lake SkadarMontenegro / Albania
4 km/h3 mph WSWgusts 149
KönigsseeGermany
4 km/h3 mph Egusts 149- Lake NasworthyUnited States 4 km/h3 mph SSWgusts 2314
- Lake WinnipesaukeeUnited States 5 km/h3 mph NWgusts 53
Lake SilvaplanaSwitzerland
5 km/h3 mph SSEgusts 95
WörtherseeAustria
5 km/h3 mph Sgusts 117
Lake JindabyneAustralia
5 km/h3 mph WNWgusts 127
AchenseeAustria
5 km/h3 mph NNEgusts 149
Lake O' the PinesUnited States
5 km/h3 mph Sgusts 1811
Wind speed 10 m above the surface, from Open-Meteo forecasts.