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 BaikalRussia 33 km/h21 mph WSWgusts 4629
Lake VätternSweden
30 km/h19 mph SSWgusts 3924
Lake TahoeUnited States
30 km/h19 mph SWgusts 3924- Lake SiljanSweden 29 km/h18 mph Sgusts 3723
- Flathead LakeUnited States 28 km/h17 mph SSWgusts 3019
Lake SuperiorUnited States / Canada
26 km/h16 mph SEgusts 2818- Palo Duro ReservoirUnited States 25 km/h15 mph SSWgusts 3824
Loch NessUnited Kingdom
23 km/h15 mph WSWgusts 4428- Mackenzie ReservoirUnited States 22 km/h14 mph SSWgusts 3421
Lake SkadarMontenegro / Albania
21 km/h13 mph NNWgusts 4025- Greenbelt LakeUnited States 20 km/h13 mph Sgusts 3220
Lake HuronUnited States / Canada
20 km/h13 mph ESEgusts 2113
Lake SaimaaFinland
20 km/h13 mph SSWgusts 3522
DerwentwaterUnited Kingdom
19 km/h12 mph SWgusts 4226- UllswaterUnited Kingdom 19 km/h12 mph SWgusts 3924
Coniston WaterUnited Kingdom
19 km/h12 mph SWgusts 4428
Lake Alan HenryUnited States
19 km/h12 mph SSWgusts 2717- White River ReservoirUnited States 18 km/h11 mph SSWgusts 2918
- Champion Creek ReservoirUnited States 18 km/h11 mph Sgusts 2415
WindermereUnited Kingdom
18 km/h11 mph SWgusts 3622
Lake ChamplainUnited States / Canada
18 km/h11 mph Ngusts 1811- Lake BonhamUnited States 18 km/h11 mph SSWgusts 2214
Proctor LakeUnited States
18 km/h11 mph SSEgusts 2213- Lake Colorado CityUnited States 17 km/h11 mph Sgusts 2616
- Leon ReservoirUnited States 17 km/h11 mph Sgusts 2113
Calmest
Paddling, swimming, and fishing from a boat
- Lake LauerzSwitzerland 0 km/h0 mph NWgusts 21
- Lake ZellAustria 1 km/h1 mph SSEgusts 42
Inle LakeMyanmar
1 km/h1 mph Ngusts 42
KochelseeGermany
2 km/h1 mph WSWgusts 32
Oeschinen LakeSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph WNWgusts 64- Livingston ReservoirUnited States 2 km/h1 mph Sgusts 95
- Houston County LakeUnited States 2 km/h1 mph SSEgusts 64
- Lake PowellUnited States 2 km/h1 mph NWgusts 21
Lake GruyèreSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph NEgusts 42- Lake LuganoSwitzerland / Italy 2 km/h1 mph NNWgusts 53
Faaker SeeAustria
2 km/h1 mph Egusts 21
Emerald LakeCanada
2 km/h1 mph Wgusts 106
AmmerseeGermany
2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 42
Lake AnnecyFrance
2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 43
KlöntalerseeSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph SWgusts 43
Caddo LakeUnited States
2 km/h1 mph SSWgusts 53
Lake JindabyneAustralia
2 km/h1 mph NWgusts 64
Gibbons Creek ReservoirUnited States
2 km/h1 mph SEgusts 95
Lake MuskokaCanada
2 km/h2 mph Ngusts 32- Lake BielSwitzerland 2 km/h2 mph SWgusts 42
- Lake ConstanceGermany / Switzerland / Austria 3 km/h2 mph WSWgusts 42
Lake LungernSwitzerland
3 km/h2 mph ENEgusts 42
Lake StarnbergGermany
3 km/h2 mph NNEgusts 53- Lake MaggioreItaly / Switzerland 3 km/h2 mph WSWgusts 53
Lake BledSlovenia
3 km/h2 mph Wgusts 53
Wind speed 10 m above the surface, from Open-Meteo forecasts.