Overview

Kitesurf

At Les Grangettes, kitesurfing is not officially authorized but tolerated off-season. Don't expect to sail there in summer - it's a beach reserved for beachgoers and swimmers with lifeguards, buoys in the water... There remains a small water entry zone but reserved for windsurfing, paddle rental, sailing club...

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Spot forecast for Lac St-Point - Plage des Grangettes

Sunrise 07:59 · Sunset 18:39

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

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Lac St-Point - Plage des Grangettes: 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

88h

in April · 10 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are January, June and October, at 12 rideable days and 13 °C. The low point is December, at 3 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 95%13-20 knots · 5%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 95% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 5 °C. The wettest month is September, with 192 mm.

Monthly averages: Lac St-Point - Plage des Grangettes

Monthly averages — Lac St-Point - Plage des Grangettes — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	13.5	102 h	5 °C	156 mm
February	6.0	49 h	7 °C	74 mm
March	9.0	53 h	9 °C	76 mm
April	10.0	88 h	13 °C	126 mm
May	7.5	62 h	15 °C	174 mm
June	12.5	94 h	21 °C	164 mm
July	7.0	45 h	21 °C	158 mm
August	5.0	31 h	24 °C	153 mm
September	9.0	79 h	16 °C	192 mm
October	10.5	67 h	13 °C	188 mm
November	8.0	43 h	9 °C	156 mm
December	3.0	20 h	5 °C	105 mm

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Technical details of Lac St-Point - Plage des Grangettes spot

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

Depending on conditions: NNE, NE, ENE.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Closed in summer.
Required level: Intermediate

Parking

Parking is free.

Wind specificities

This spot works in SW but prefer the Chaon spot which is officially authorized. We leave this spot to windsurfers for this orientation. In NE bise, the wind is very irregular there. Locals ride there for lack of better options but it's not the ideal orientation. Prefer Lac de Joux which is not far away.

Hazards

Trees on the beach, volleyball posts. In case of drifting, you end up in the reeds, or on the stakes that fishermen have planted to anchor their boats. No escape route nearby.

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