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
32 km/h20 mph SWgusts 4528
Lake VätternSweden
27 km/h17 mph SSWgusts 3220
Lake MinnetonkaUnited States
26 km/h16 mph NWgusts 4830
Coniston WaterUnited Kingdom
25 km/h16 mph WSWgusts 5534
Lake OntarioUnited States / Canada
25 km/h15 mph SEgusts 2817
Lake ErieUnited States / Canada
24 km/h15 mph SSEgusts 2817
Bala LakeUnited Kingdom
22 km/h14 mph SWgusts 4428
DerwentwaterUnited Kingdom
21 km/h13 mph SWgusts 4427
Lake ChamplainUnited States / Canada
21 km/h13 mph SSEgusts 2214- Lake SimcoeCanada 21 km/h13 mph SEgusts 2315
Lake HuronUnited States / Canada
20 km/h13 mph Sgusts 3521- Flathead LakeUnited States 20 km/h13 mph ESEgusts 2717
Lake GardaItaly
20 km/h12 mph SSWgusts 2516
Lake MalawiMalawi / Mozambique / Tanzania
20 km/h12 mph Wgusts 2616
Lake TekapoNew Zealand
19 km/h12 mph NWgusts 3220
WindermereUnited Kingdom
18 km/h11 mph SWgusts 3622
Lake ArenalCosta Rica
18 km/h11 mph ENEgusts 4528
Lake BalatonHungary
17 km/h11 mph NNWgusts 2214- Cooper (Chapman) LakeUnited States 17 km/h10 mph SSWgusts 2012
- Amistad ReservoirUnited States 17 km/h10 mph SEgusts 3421
- UllswaterUnited Kingdom 17 km/h10 mph SWgusts 3421
- Lake TaupōNew Zealand 16 km/h10 mph Wgusts 3321
Lake HavasuUnited States
16 km/h10 mph SSEgusts 2616
Falcon ReservoirUnited States
16 km/h10 mph SEgusts 3220
Lake MjøsaNorway
15 km/h9 mph ESEgusts 2214
Calmest
Paddling, swimming, and fishing from a boat
Lake CaldonazzoItaly
0 km/h0 mph NWgusts 53
Lake PlacidUnited States
1 km/h0 mph NNWgusts 42- Issyk-KulKyrgyzstan 1 km/h1 mph SSEgusts 138
Ossiacher SeeAustria
2 km/h1 mph SSWgusts 96
Inle LakeMyanmar
2 km/h1 mph ESEgusts 64
Lake SempachSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 85
Lake O' the PinesUnited States
2 km/h1 mph ESEgusts 138
Emerald LakeCanada
3 km/h2 mph NEgusts 96
Lake Sainte-CroixFrance
3 km/h2 mph SWgusts 64
Lake SilvaplanaSwitzerland
3 km/h2 mph SEgusts 106
WolfgangseeAustria
3 km/h2 mph WNWgusts 106
Okanagan LakeCanada
3 km/h2 mph ENEgusts 32- Lake WinnipesaukeeUnited States 3 km/h2 mph NWgusts 42
- Lake ZellAustria 3 km/h2 mph ESEgusts 85
AmmerseeGermany
4 km/h2 mph NWgusts 106
Lake NormanUnited States
4 km/h2 mph SSWgusts 106
Lake HallwilSwitzerland
4 km/h3 mph NNEgusts 96
Lake JindabyneAustralia
4 km/h3 mph WNWgusts 96
WörtherseeAustria
4 km/h3 mph Sgusts 106- Lake WorthUnited States 4 km/h3 mph ESEgusts 138
Lake TexomaUnited States
4 km/h3 mph SSEgusts 1710
Lake WakatipuNew Zealand
4 km/h3 mph NWgusts 3421- Lake LanierUnited States 4 km/h3 mph ESEgusts 106
Lake of the OzarksUnited States
5 km/h3 mph SEgusts 74- Elephant Butte LakeUnited States 5 km/h3 mph WSWgusts 53
Wind speed 10 m above the surface, from Open-Meteo forecasts.