Overview

Zellersee (Zeller See) is an alpine lake at 750 m altitude in the Zell am See area, in the heart of the Austrian Alps in Salzburger Land. The lake is about 4 km long and 1.5 km wide. It benefits from thermal winds in summer, notably a southerly afternoon wind. The setting is spectacular with the Hohe Tauern mountains and Kitzsteinhorn as a backdrop. The water is relatively warm in summer for an alpine lake.

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Spot forecast for Zellersee / Zell am See

Sunrise 07:35 · Sunset 18:10

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

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Zellersee / Zell am See: when to go?

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Season · peak

55h

in June · 11.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to August, peaking in June: 9 rideable days a month and 55 hours of usable wind, at 21 °C. The low point is February, at 0 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 2 °C. The wettest month is July, with 199 mm.

Monthly averages: Zellersee / Zell am See

Monthly averages — Zellersee / Zell am See — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	0.5	4 h	2 °C	34 mm
February	0.0	2 h	7 °C	25 mm
March	3.5	18 h	11 °C	47 mm
April	8.5	49 h	15 °C	44 mm
May	9.0	46 h	17 °C	78 mm
June	11.5	55 h	24 °C	119 mm
July	9.5	44 h	23 °C	199 mm
August	7.0	37 h	25 °C	134 mm
September	3.0	13 h	19 °C	90 mm
October	1.5	7 h	14 °C	68 mm
November	0.5	5 h	6 °C	28 mm
December	0.0	0 h	2 °C	42 mm

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Technical details of Zellersee / Zell am See spot

The spot works with winds from SSE, S, SSW.

Depending on conditions: N, W, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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