📜Rules
- ✗Kiting and similar devices banned in the Locarno bay (municipal harbour Lanca degli Stornazzi - Minusio San Quirico) and the Ascona bay (Punta San Michele - lido). lexfind.ch
- ✗No kiting on ferry routes or within 150 m of public piers and harbour entrances. lexfind.ch
- ✗Bolle di Magadino bird reserve at the north end: no kiting. bafu.admin.ch
- ✗Windsurf (and likely wing): only by day in good visibility; not within 50 m of public piers and harbour entrances. lexfind.ch
💨Wind
🔥 Thermal: Thermal on sunny days. Usually from SW, strongest around 20:00.
🌅 Morning wind: 'Tramontana': morning wind from the mountains (north) down the lake, the 'Inverna' from the south in the afternoon, from N.
FoilFlow checks the thermal conditions every day (sun strength, wind aloft, Föhn, Bise and the lake's own pressure rules) and shows when it is likely.
Forecasts from several weather models (e.g. ICON, AROME, HARMONIE) and live measuring stations nearby are in the app.
💡Good to know
- wind: thermal
- Wind warning lights at Tenero-Mappo and the Brissago islands
🧭Getting there
📍 Position on the water: 46.1326, 8.7607 · directions
🅿️ Car parks
- P1Street parking2740 m to the spotroute
- P2Car park2770 m to the spotroute
- P3Car park, free2790 m to the spotroute
- P4Car park2670 m to the spotroute
- P5Car park, paid2300 m to the spotroute
- P6Street parking2880 m to the spotroute
- P7Street parking, free2870 m to the spotroute
- P8Car park, paid2310 m to the spotroute
🗺️Spots nearby
Spot sources: srokacompany.com · www4.ti.ch