default:

Icon D2 km

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

DWD Icon D 2

MF Arome 2.5

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

MF Arpege 55

JMA gSM 55

Model	Icon D2 km run: 15/05 18:04																													Icon EU 7 km run: 15/05 18:04																																													Icon Global 11 km run: 15/05 18:04																																						GFS 13 km run: 15/05 18:04
Date Optimal	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Th 15 20h	Fr 16 6h	Fr 16 7h	Fr 16 8h	Fr 16 9h	Fr 16 10h	Fr 16 11h	Fr 16 12h	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	Sa 17 6h	Sa 17 7h	Sa 17 8h	Sa 17 9h	Sa 17 10h	Sa 17 11h	Sa 17 12h	Sa 17 13h	Sa 17 14h	Sa 17 15h	Sa 17 16h	Sa 17 17h	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Sa 17 20h	Su 18 6h	Su 18 7h	Su 18 8h	Su 18 9h	Su 18 10h	Su 18 11h	Su 18 12h	Su 18 13h	Su 18 14h	Su 18 15h	Su 18 16h	Su 18 17h	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Su 18 20h	Mo 19 6h	Mo 19 7h	Mo 19 8h	Mo 19 9h	Mo 19 10h	Mo 19 11h	Mo 19 12h	Mo 19 13h	Mo 19 14h	Mo 19 15h	Mo 19 16h	Mo 19 17h	Mo 19 18h	Mo 19 19h	Mo 19 20h	Tu 20 6h	Tu 20 7h	Tu 20 8h	Tu 20 9h	Tu 20 10h	Tu 20 11h	Tu 20 12h	Tu 20 13h	Tu 20 14h	Tu 20 15h	Tu 20 16h	Tu 20 17h	Tu 20 18h	Tu 20 19h	Tu 20 20h	We 21 6h	We 21 7h	We 21 8h	We 21 9h	We 21 10h	We 21 11h	We 21 12h	We 21 13h	We 21 14h	We 21 15h	We 21 16h	We 21 17h	We 21 18h	We 21 19h	We 21 20h	Th 22 6h	Th 22 7h	Th 22 8h	Th 22 9h	Th 22 10h	Th 22 11h	Th 22 12h	Th 22 13h	Th 22 14h	Th 22 15h	Th 22 16h	Th 22 17h	Th 22 18h	Th 22 19h	Th 22 20h	Fr 23 6h	Fr 23 7h	Fr 23 8h	Fr 23 9h	Fr 23 10h	Fr 23 11h	Fr 23 12h	Fr 23 13h	Fr 23 14h	Fr 23 15h	Fr 23 16h	Fr 23 17h	Fr 23 18h	Fr 23 19h	Fr 23 20h	Sa 24 6h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Sa 24 18h	Sa 24 19h	Sa 24 20h	Su 25 6h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Mo 26 6h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h	Mo 26 21h	Tu 27 6h	Tu 27 7h	Tu 27 8h	Tu 27 9h	Tu 27 10h	Tu 27 11h	Tu 27 12h	Tu 27 13h	Tu 27 14h	Tu 27 15h	Tu 27 16h	Tu 27 17h	Tu 27 18h	Tu 27 19h	Tu 27 20h	Tu 27 21h	We 28 6h	We 28 7h	We 28 8h	We 28 9h	We 28 10h	We 28 11h	We 28 12h	We 28 13h	We 28 14h	We 28 15h	We 28 16h	We 28 17h	We 28 18h	We 28 19h	We 28 20h	We 28 21h	Th 29 6h	Th 29 7h	Th 29 8h	Th 29 9h	Th 29 10h	Th 29 11h	Th 29 12h	Th 29 13h	Th 29 14h	Th 29 15h	Th 29 16h	Th 29 17h	Th 29 18h	Th 29 19h	Th 29 20h	Th 29 21h	Fr 30 6h	Fr 30 7h	Fr 30 8h	Fr 30 9h	Fr 30 10h	Fr 30 11h	Fr 30 12h	Fr 30 13h	Fr 30 14h	Fr 30 15h	Fr 30 16h	Fr 30 17h	Fr 30 18h	Fr 30 19h	Fr 30 20h	Fr 30 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	5	6	14	14	14	16	14	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	0	7	11	13	13	15	16	4	3	3	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	0	6	7	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	7	6	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	1
Gusts (kn)	8	10	22	24	22	26	26	3	4	5	6	6	8	9	9	8	11	18	22	22	24	25	7	6	5	9	9	9	8	8	6	3	3	12	14	14	10	2	2	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	8	10	13	13	11	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	8	9	3	3	2	4	5	6	7	7	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	3	3	2	4	5	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	11	10	10	9	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	7	6	6	4	3	2	2	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Temp. (°C)	25	26	25	24	23	22	20	13	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	21	21	19	18	10	11	14	16	17	19	20	22	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	24	23	22	21	15	15	16	17	19	20	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	15	16	17	18	20	22	23	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	23	16	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	17	19	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	16	15	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	15	14	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	9	10	12	14	17	19	20	20	19	19	20	19	18	17	16	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	17	19	20	19	19	17	15	14	13	9	10	12	15	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	20	19	17	15	13	9	10	12	15	18	20	22	22	23	23	23	22	21	19	18	16
Rain (mm)																																																																																0.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3																									0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2							0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5							0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5										0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3														0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	24	100	100	36	28	7	30	90	64	58	52																					6	32	18	5	13	33	11	11				21	62	45	28	16	1	10	14	16	11	13	7					7	14	21	17	13	9	7	5	3	20	31	43	30	18	5	4	3	2	64	65	67	67	67	67	29	43	58	72	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	86	71	57	57	58	58	72	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	95	93	83	72	62	75	87	100	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	79	68	79	89	100	100	66	58	49	34	19	4	21	37	54	38	23	7	21	34	48	56	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	84	76	62	48	34	47	59	72	81	41	24	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	16	27	37	58	79	100	81	80	67	54	39	23	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	20	28	37	36
High Cloud (%)	24	100	100																																																																	16	26	35	24	14	3	2	1		26	38	49	33	18	2	1	2	2	34	67	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	80	90	100	100	100	100	87	74	61	74	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	79	58	37	36	34	33	55	78	100	25	14	2	1	1		8	15	23	35	48	60	73	87	100	88	94	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	69	38	8	39	69	100	79	59	48	37	25	12					1	1	2	1	1		21	90	95	100	70	40	10	7	5	2	1	1		23	45	68	45	20	10														2	58	41	24	17	10	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	7	12	16	18
Mid Cloud (%)				36	28	7	30	65																								6	32	17	4	13	33	11	10				20	62	45	28	16	1	10	14	16	11	13	7					7	14	21	17	13	9	7	5	3	3	6	9	6	3		1	1	2	22	11		17	35	52				26	51	77	53	30	6	35	63	92	95	97	100	100	100	100	88	76	64	68	72	76	84	92	100	100	100	100	37	41	46	60	74	88	92	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	79	58	37	44	51	58	50	41	33	24	16	7	16	26	35	5	5	5	11	18	24	26	27	29	20	11	2	14	25	37	97	99	100	93	85	78	56	33	11	26	42	57	69	80	92	95	21	26	30	20	10		12	25	37	26	16	5	15	25	35	47	100	100	100	100	100	100	68	35	3	3	3	3	15	28	40	58	39	22	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	13	23	34	43	52	61	44	74	57	41	28	16	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	6	7	8
Low Cloud (%)								75	64	58	52																							1	1	1	1														1																	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	39	31	22	28	34	40	29	44	58	56	54	52	55	58	61	66	72	77	63	49	35	67	59	51	34	17					13	25	38	42	47	51	100	100	100	94	89	83	77	71	65	77	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	74	60	45	37	28	20	15	11	6	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	86	79	53	28	2	3	4	5	81	66	51	36	20	5	16	26	37	43	49	55	65	75	85	87	3	2		1	2	3	15	26	38	26	14	2	7	11	16	23	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	83	74	59	45	30	32	35	37	49	3	2					1	2	3	14	25	36	57	79	100	79										2	3	5	9	13	17	11
CAPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	340	240	130	20	0	10	10	20	100	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	110	100	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	30	40	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	20	30	50	70	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	40	60	240	310	340	310	250	200	0	0	10	60	140	200	250	300	320	320	290	270	260	250	240	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	50	100	130	120	90	70	50	50	50	70	90	110	120	120	110	90	50	30	20	20	30	0	0	20	150	330	480	590	670	720	760	760	710	550	330	150	0	0	0	0	0	20	80	160	250	390	540	600	510	340	190	0	0	0	20	50	120	250	410	530	590	620	580	450	260	110	40	0	0	0	10	30	50	80	110	130	130	120	110	110	110	100	80	10	10	10	10	0	10	30	60	100	180	260	310	280	200	130	80	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	60	90	120	160	180	190	200	180	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	60	100	140	180	240	300	310	230
Ceiling (m)	2.3k	2.8k	2.8k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.4k	454	442	710	967	1.2k	1.3k	1.5k	1.6k	1.7k	2.8k	2.8k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.6k	1.4k	1.0k	1.2k	1.6k	1.8k	2.1k	2.3k	2.4k	2.6k	2.8k	2.8k	2.2k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	832	906	1.2k	1.4k	1.7k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.4k	2.5k	2.6k	2.8k	2.6k	2.3k	2.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.6k	2.0k	2.4k	2.4k	2.4k	2.4k	2.4k	2.4k	2.4k	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.6k	2.0k	2.3k	2.3k	2.1k	2.0k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	503	503	515	576	649	747	845	918	979	979	918	832	723	576	491	625	637	686	796	930	1.0k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	906	771	649	552	235	259	320	515	796	979	893	649	491	393	357	320	296	296	296	247	235	259	308	393	491	527	564	588	613	637	637	564	466	405	369	405	503	649	869	979	918	771	674	674	723	723	625	479	381	332	369	479	710	1.1k	1.3k	1.2k	954	771	698	649	601	503	405	332	308	369	405	527	784	1.2k	1.5k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	771	576	430	235	259	259	235	222	271	527	930	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	991	747	491	320	271	369	454	588	857	1.3k	1.7k	2.0k	2.2k	2.2k	2.2k	2.0k	1.7k	1.2k	771	491	369	466	576	747	1.1k	1.5k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.3k	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.5k	1.0k	723	527

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lake

Water type: Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Ships

Water quality: Clean

Infos: It's a lake, mostly choppy 10 to 40cm. Not much space to go downwind too far. Therefore not a beginners beach.

Beach type & size: Grass, Sand - Medium

Infos: Small sandy beach. Meadow for rigging your kites. Many windsurfers and beachgoers, be careful.

Beachgoer: June, July, August

Weather specificities: The season of thermal wind starts in March/April till October. But still during winter time it's possible. Some times there is snow on the beach (just in January and February). It's ok from June to September, than it becomes quite cold. The spot is near the mountains and near to Silvaplana spot (South of Swiss). So it's recommended a warm wetsuit during coldest time. April to May: air 15-25C, water 9-17C, semidry wetsuit necessary. June to August: shorty time with air temperatures from 22-35C, water 19-23C.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: The wind is coming from South, it's the best for kiting. The small island in front of the beach may cause some turbulences, be aware. Wind from 10-30 knots. The season of thermal wind stars in March/April till October. No one is kitesurfing with North winds. The South wind is regular, and sideshore or sideonshore. South wind is coming 6 out of 7 days. South wind: 14:00-19:00, steady usually 7-18 knots. North wind: sporadically usually 15-40 knots, very gusty. These 4 winds are possible: TIVANO: blowing the whole year from 6-10am out of NE. It's coming out of Veltlin and if it is missing, it means that the weather will be bad. BREVA: blowing out of the South if the Tivano becomes less. It's the main wind on this lake and mainly in the North quiet strong, blowing from about 10am to sunset. VENTONE: blowing from the North, often after a thunderstorm in the mountains with gusts up to 40-60km/h. Not recommended to kite in. MENAGGINO: out of the South with strong gusts, mainly after thunderstorms in summer.

Best months: May, June, July, August

Access description: by Car - Gera Lario is right at the North of the Lake Como. The beach is at the westside of the `river mouth`. From the main street get onto Via Sole Mio. Parking lot almost directly at the beach with parking fees.

Specific rules: Fees

Extra: Packed beach, be careful and ask locals for special rules. Parking fees.

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Rooms, School, Shop, Repair, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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