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
35 km/h21 mph Ngusts 3723
Lake VätternSweden
26 km/h16 mph SWgusts 3522
Lake MinnewankaCanada
25 km/h15 mph WSWgusts 5635
Lake of the OzarksUnited States
24 km/h15 mph WNWgusts 3723
Crater LakeUnited States
24 km/h15 mph Sgusts 4025
Moraine LakeCanada
23 km/h14 mph WSWgusts 5434- Greenbelt LakeUnited States 21 km/h13 mph NEgusts 2817
- Lake WinnipesaukeeUnited States 20 km/h13 mph WNWgusts 3019
- White River ReservoirUnited States 20 km/h13 mph NEgusts 2515
Lake LouiseCanada
20 km/h12 mph WSWgusts 4930
Lake MinnetonkaUnited States
20 km/h12 mph Ngusts 2918- Elephant Butte LakeUnited States 19 km/h12 mph NEgusts 2516
- Mackenzie ReservoirUnited States 19 km/h12 mph NEgusts 3019
- Lake BolsenaItaly 18 km/h11 mph Sgusts 3924
Lake ArenalCosta Rica
18 km/h11 mph ENEgusts 4628- Red Bluff ReservoirUnited States 18 km/h11 mph Ngusts 2213
Lake Alan HenryUnited States
16 km/h10 mph NEgusts 2314- Lake CrookUnited States 16 km/h10 mph WNWgusts 2013
- Pat Mayse LakeUnited States 16 km/h10 mph WNWgusts 2113
Lake WeatherfordUnited States
16 km/h10 mph NWgusts 1912- Lost Creek ReservoirUnited States 16 km/h10 mph NWgusts 2013
Lake Michigan, Chicago shoreUnited States
16 km/h10 mph NEgusts 1711
Falcon ReservoirUnited States
16 km/h10 mph NNWgusts 2113
Lake Mineral WellsUnited States
16 km/h10 mph NWgusts 2213- Lake Sulphur SpringsUnited States 16 km/h10 mph Wgusts 1811
Calmest
Paddling, swimming, and fishing from a boat
Ossiacher SeeAustria
0 km/h0 mph Wgusts 138
Inle LakeMyanmar
0 km/h0 mph SSWgusts 74- Lake ZellAustria 0 km/h0 mph SEgusts 22
- Lake LuganoSwitzerland / Italy 0 km/h0 mph SWgusts 53
Lake ThunSwitzerland
1 km/h0 mph Ngusts 43
Lake WakatipuNew Zealand
1 km/h0 mph Wgusts 1811
Faaker SeeAustria
1 km/h0 mph WNWgusts 43
Lake Sainte-CroixFrance
1 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 21
Lake GruyèreSwitzerland
1 km/h1 mph Egusts 32
Millstätter SeeAustria
1 km/h1 mph WSWgusts 42
Lake OrtaItaly
1 km/h1 mph SWgusts 53
Belton LakeUnited States
1 km/h1 mph Wgusts 106
Lake ComoItaly
2 km/h1 mph SSWgusts 22- MondseeAustria 2 km/h1 mph SWgusts 32
Lake BourgetFrance
2 km/h1 mph SEgusts 117
SihlseeSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph SSEgusts 43- ChiemseeGermany 2 km/h1 mph SSWgusts 53
KochelseeGermany
2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 95
Emerald LakeCanada
2 km/h1 mph SSWgusts 3119
WalenseeSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph Egusts 85
TraunseeAustria
2 km/h1 mph Wgusts 95
SchlierseeGermany
2 km/h1 mph SEgusts 32- Lake ConroeUnited States 2 km/h1 mph SEgusts 42
Lake BledSlovenia
2 km/h1 mph Wgusts 42
Coniston WaterUnited Kingdom
2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 106
Wind speed 10 m above the surface, from Open-Meteo forecasts.