Lake Como kitespot guide & weather forecasts

The reliability of the winds on Lake Como has made it a popular place for kitesurfing, wing foiling and other wind sports. During the wind season you can get out on the water on around 95% of days.

Water conditions: Flat / wind swell

Wind season: April-October

Forecasts:

• MeteoSwiss app – for a good precipitation / pressure system forecast
• IlMeteo – for general weather forecasts, not for wind speeds
• MeteoParapente – for wind

Webcams and weather stations:

• Cremia webcam
• Dervio webcam
• Dervio weather station
• Gera Lario weather station

Lake Como weather and wind forecasts:

Wind forecasts such as WindGuru and Windy work quite reliably for many spots, but unfortunately not for Lake Como (they rarely show wind on the lake). One of the reasons for this is that these forecasts refer to large-scale weather conditions and therefore do not take into account the locally prevailing thermal winds. In addition, these forecasting services neglect the wind-accelerating influence of local topographical conditions, which create a “Venturi” effect at the northern end of the lake.

In general, high pressure and good weather bring the best conditions, but other weather conditions (such as bad weather to the north, and pressure differences between the north and south sides of the Alps) can also lead to great kiting. And if the weather looks wet? Don’t despair – when the rain passes, we often benefit from the Ricaduta wind blowing from the north.

Forecasts are helpful to get an idea of what might happen, but rarely accurate more than a few days in advance.