Overview

Wingfoil
Windsurf
No kitesurfing

Dorigny is the EPFL nautical base, located on the northern shore of Lake Geneva just west of Lausanne, in the canton of Vaud. The spot is primarily dedicated to sailing and windsurfing. Kitesurfing is not practised here. The favourable wind is the south-westerly depression wind, which tends to blow stronger at nearby St-Sulpice. The Bise (north-east) is offshore at this spot and very turbulent — it is not sailable here. There are no particular access restrictions.

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Spot forecast for Dorigny / Lake Geneva

Sunrise 07:58 · Sunset 18:38

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Dorigny / Lake Geneva: when to go?

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

Season · peak

64h

in June · 9.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to July, peaking in June: 8 rideable days a month and 64 hours of usable wind, at 22 °C. The low point is December, at 2.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 93%13-20 knots · 7%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 93% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is September, with 179 mm.

Monthly averages: Dorigny / Lake Geneva

Monthly averages — Dorigny / Lake Geneva — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	9.0	64 h	6 °C	130 mm
February	3.5	25 h	9 °C	54 mm
March	4.5	39 h	13 °C	33 mm
April	8.0	66 h	16 °C	60 mm
May	6.0	45 h	19 °C	138 mm
June	9.5	64 h	25 °C	116 mm
July	6.5	47 h	26 °C	153 mm
August	3.0	17 h	28 °C	128 mm
September	8.5	73 h	20 °C	179 mm
October	5.0	48 h	15 °C	129 mm
November	5.0	34 h	10 °C	121 mm
December	2.5	15 h	6 °C	53 mm

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Technical details of Dorigny / Lake Geneva spot

The spot works with winds from SSW, SW, WSW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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Dorigny / Lake Geneva wingfoil and windsurf spot