📜Rules
- ✗Kitesurfing is banned downstream (city side) of the line Vengeron - Tour-Carrée and near landing stages - this covers Cologny and Chambésy. silgeneve.ch
- ✗Paddle, windsurf, wingfoil and parawing are banned downstream of Port-Noir - Perle-du-Lac (the harbour basin) and near landing stages; Cologny and Chambésy lie just outside. ge.ch
- ✗Vaud: no kiting inside yellow-buoy zones, within 100 m of ports and landing stages, or in federal bird reserves. lexfind.ch
- ✗Bird reserves with kite ban: Les Grangettes (Villeneuve - Rhône mouth - Le Bouveret), Pointe de Promenthoux, right shore of the Petit-Lac (near Coppet). kitesurfclub.ch
- iVaud: no kiting inside yellow buoys or within 100 m of ports and landing stages. torpille.ch
- iCanton plans legal kite launch sites (Vengeron, Bécassine, Hermance, Savonnière) - not in force yet (Dec 2024 report). ge.ch
- iGeneva: windsurf, wing and kite only by day in clear weather, 08:00-21:00; flotation aid beyond 300 m; name and address on board and wing. ge.ch
- iKeep 200 m from passenger and cargo boats; communes may set official kite launch corridors. lexfind.ch
💨Wind
Forecasts from several weather models (e.g. ICON, AROME, HARMONIE) and live measuring stations nearby are in the app.
💡Good to know
- SwissPaddle rents wing foil and SUP gear at the Corseaux beach pool; launch from inside the pool complex.
- Where riders go in: Vevey-Corseaux Plage next to Nestlé (SwissPaddle, pool entry fee)
🧭Getting there
📍 Position on the water: 46.4563, 6.8154 · directions
🗺️Spots nearby
Spot sources: torpille.ch