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Spot de Versoix - Plage de la Bécassine

Versoix - Plage de la Bécassine kitesurf spot

Switzerland · Genève

46.27 | 6.17

Overview

Nice little spot located at the mouth of the Versoix river. Very technical spot for launching, but once on the water it's great.
 
The spot is located in a public park where kitesurfing has been officially prohibited by regulations for many years. However, in practice, kitesurfing is tolerated both on the beach and on the water.

Grassy area to prepare your gear and water entry through pebbles. Be careful, it gets very crowded during the high season. Pack and deflate kites that you're not using.

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Versoix - Plage de la Bécassine: when to go?

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

The season runs from March to August, peaking in August: 10 rideable days a month and 81 hours of usable wind, at 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 · 70% 13-20 knots · 30% 21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 70% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 6 °C. The wettest month is September, with 151 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Versoix - Plage de la Bécassine — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 8.0 74 h 7 °C 136 mm
February 5.0 48 h 9 °C 53 mm
March 10.5 84 h 13 °C 40 mm
April 8.5 84 h 16 °C 84 mm
May 8.5 79 h 19 °C 121 mm
June 10.0 81 h 26 °C 131 mm
July 10.0 71 h 27 °C 99 mm
August 11.0 81 h 28 °C 73 mm
September 6.5 58 h 20 °C 151 mm
October 10.5 96 h 15 °C 123 mm
November 6.0 49 h 10 °C 111 mm
December 7.0 65 h 6 °C 65 mm

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Technical details of Versoix - Plage de la Bécassine spot

Spot currently open :-)
Local association recommendations
Join the local association for the defense of Geneva spots -> La W.A.G.
 
Spot functioning
Always set up your gear on the grass as the launch and landing beach is too small. Inflate your kite and connect your lines on the grass.
Then, move to the beach with your equipment. Lay out your lines and the kiter gets into the water, the kite stays on the beach with the launcher. The launcher launches the kite from the pebble beach.
 
Priority to the rider entering the water to leave space for those who want to exit the water and others who want to prepare to get in the water.
 
Equipment on the grass must be deflated to leave space free for other users.
Spot opening date

Open all year round

Required level

Advanced

On the water
For downwind drift, not many escape routes!
The beach is about 50m long, after that there are many private gardens and beautiful houses!
Parking
The ideal parking for the Versoix spot is the Migros parking lot. It's the ideal location relatively close to park.
It's free, don't forget your blue parking disc, and a small path takes you directly to the beach in 3 minutes by foot.
No improvised parking or you risk getting access closed for kiters.
Wind specificities
Bise (north-easterly wind) spot with a small venturi effect due to the narrowing on the small lake. In summer, the bay of Versoix, upwind of the spot, works well with thermal winds in the late afternoon (For foilers!). Ideal in Bise, doable in south-west for the more adventurous.
Hazards
The spot is small, there are trees everywhere, rocks. It's clearly a spot for experienced riders.
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