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Spot de La Dullive

La Dullive kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Switzerland · Vaud

46.43 | 6.30

Overview

Bise wind spot for experienced kiters. Open all year round, limited on good weather days by beach attendants. In summary, a spot open all year where common sense prevails for cohabitation with other beach users; but difficult to access and reserved for experienced riders.
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La Dullive: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are June, October and August, at 8 rideable days and 22 °C. The low point is February, at 5 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 69% 13-20 knots · 30% 21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 69% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is September, with 177 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — La Dullive — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 7.0 66 h 6 °C 126 mm
February 5.0 38 h 9 °C 59 mm
March 7.5 73 h 12 °C 36 mm
April 7.5 73 h 15 °C 78 mm
May 6.5 63 h 19 °C 141 mm
June 8.5 71 h 25 °C 150 mm
July 5.5 45 h 26 °C 116 mm
August 8.0 53 h 27 °C 72 mm
September 5.5 49 h 19 °C 177 mm
October 8.5 78 h 15 °C 135 mm
November 5.5 46 h 10 °C 123 mm
December 6.5 49 h 6 °C 61 mm
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Technical details of La Dullive spot

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Local association recommendations
Attention from October 1 to March 31, the downwind area becomes a natural zone where kiting is prohibited (See the map on the homepage)
Spot functioning
Launching is difficult. There is little space, many wind shadows and trees everywhere.
 Two possibilities:
  • Either have someone go far into the water with your kite while you stand in the water
  • Or place everything in the water and let yourself drift offshore before launching. Avoid launching at the beginning of the beach where there is indeed more space, but kites regularly end up in trees and dangerous situations occur. For foilers: shallow water throughout the area directly upwind of the beach (approx. 50m from shore).
Spot opening date

Open all year round

Required level

Advanced

Parking
Parking available but limited. Please do not park outside designated spaces
Wind specificities
Side / Side-off wind. In case of trouble, the wind makes you drift along the beach when it's more easterly, pushing you toward Gland, where there are private properties and not really any place to exit except for the "beach" pier. When the wind is more northerly, it pulls you offshore. Not recommended in this case. It is also very gusty.
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