Portalban (Lac de Neuchâtel) - wingfoil spot, wind & rules

📜Rules

✗Bird reserve Pointe de Marin / Fanel (east of Saint-Blaise): no kiting. bafu.admin.ch
✗Bird reserve Yvonand - Cheyres along the south shore: no kiting. bafu.admin.ch
✗Fribourg bans kiting in shore strips from Cheyres to Estavayer harbour and from just north-east of the town towards Forel; open water offshore stays allowed. bdlf.fr.ch
✓Neuchâtel part: kiting allowed; keep 200 m from licensed passenger boats and landing stages. rsn.ne.ch
iBusy summer beach: some zones closed to kiting in high season; follow club rules. fribourg.ch
iRig on the marked east part of the beach and launch in the marked zone; no kiting within 100 m of the harbour. lexfind.ch
iElsewhere in Fribourg waters kiters keep 200 m from passenger boats and landing stages. bdlf.fr.ch

Forecasts from several weather models (e.g. ICON, AROME, HARMONIE) and live measuring stations nearby are in the app.

Home of the SWISSKITE club with a rescue boat; regional tourism calls it the lake's kite spot; best in south-west wind.
Where riders go in: Plage de Portalban (SWISSKITE Club Portalban)

📍 Position on the water: 46.9278, 6.9337 · directions