The report · Podersdorf · Wing · October · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

Burgenland, Austria

Podersdorf

WingOctober

28% of October days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

October sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for October as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Full stays, schools & kit04The kite zone rulesno data05Shallows, reeds & storms06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Nine Octobers
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt. Podersdorf (TAWES 11084) has been checked against the model at 12 kn only, so the 13 kn Windsurf figure is counted but not checked against it.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite364039413327332525282432Windsurf333432373023282020222227Wing364039413327332525282432

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, October

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 36% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, October

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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October's own records

The month's own figures from nine Octobers in the record, 2017 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days9 of 31Nine Octobers in the record
Strongest measured gust63 ktOctober 2017, GeoSphere Podersdorf station, 1.3 km away. Twelve Octobers measured, 2014 to 2025. Station, not the beach.
Wind, rideable hours16 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air15.8°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt2.1 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeSeptember25%7 rideable days in 30
Your monthOctober28%9 rideable days in 31
AfterNovember24%7 rideable days in 30

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Full stays, schools & kit

Stays

Strandcamping Podersdorf$$·Campsite · On the lakeThe largest campsite on the lake, with pitches and glamping mobile homes. 20 March to 22 November in 2026.
Seewirt KarnerHotel · Strandplatz · By the harbourHotel and restaurant on the Strandplatz by the harbour, in two buildings about 100 m apart, away from the north-north kite zone.
Die HerbergeGuesthouse · 200 m from the lakeGuesthouse about 200 m from the lake with surfboard storage and bike parking, apartments with kitchens and breakfast on offer.
Lakeside77Hotel · 2.2 km to the kite zoneHotel with kit storage on site that partners with Kiteriders for courses, with free parking and a buffet breakfast.

Lessons

KiteridersSchool · Kite · WingKite courses from beginner to advanced, foil and wing, at Nordstrand 1 on the north beach. Check it is open before you travel.
Surf- und Segelschule NordstrandSchool · Wing · WindsurfWindsurf, wing, sailing and SUP in small groups or one to one, from April.
Kite2flySchool · Kite · VDWSOfficial VDWS training centre and Duotone Pro Center on the north-north beach, open seven days a week, with courses to the VDWS licence.
Kiteschule kitesurfing.atSchool · Kite · WingKite school on the north-north beach through ticket office E1, open daily from 10:00, April to mid-October, with kite, wing and foil rental and storage.
moveSchool · Kite · Wing · StrandcampingKite and wing school on the shore at Strandcamping, a walk from tent to lesson, with certified instructors.
MissionToSail / MissionToSurfSchool · Windsurf · Wing · SüdstrandWindsurf, wing and sailing school on the quieter Südstrand, with courses from beginner up on current kit.

Kit

KiteridersRental · Kite · WingRental on the north beach. Check it is open before you travel.
Surf- und Segelschule NordstrandRental · Wing · WindsurfRental with Duotone and Fanatic kit.
Kiteshop kitesurfing.atShop · Kite · WingKite, wing and surf shop on the north-north beach, open daily 10:00 to 18:00, April to October. Book a visit ahead, as not every product is kept at the beach.
Kite2flyRental · KiteCurrent Duotone kites to rent on the north-north beach, at a Duotone Pro Center.
moveRental · Kite · WingF-ONE Pro Center at the Strandcamping shore renting kite and wing kit, and surf and SUP boards, from Easter in all weathers.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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The kite zone rules

North-north beach
Low—Mid—High—

A lake with no tide. The bathing season, 10 May to 20 September, sets the 200 metre rule.

North beach
Low—Mid—High—

A lake with no tide.

South beach
Low—Mid—High—

A lake with no tide.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Shallows, reeds & storms

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Kite zone rulesFrom 10 May to 20 September kitesurfing is prohibited within 200 metres of the shore, inside the yellow buoys. Use the buoyed corridors only to enter and leave, and do not jump in them. Launch and land only in the marked zone.
EmergenciesIn an emergency call 112. Ambulance 144, police 133, fire service 122.
Shallow waterThe lake is about 1.6 metres deep and the bottom slopes very slowly. Fins and foils can strike the bottom.
Reed beltA reed belt up to three kilometres wide lines much of the shore and limits where a rider can get out. Do not drift towards it.
StormsStorms can raise waves of up to a metre on the lake. Come in before a storm arrives.
Shallows and the reed belt

The lake is about 1.6 metres deep and the sandy bottom slopes very slowly, so fins and foils can touch the bottom and riders walk a long way out. A reed belt up to three kilometres wide lines much of the shore and limits where a rider can get out of the water.

The kite zone, corridors and storms

From 10 May to 20 September kitesurfing is prohibited within 200 metres of the shore, inside the yellow buoys. The corridors marked with yellow buoys are only for riding in and out, with no jumping. Launch and land only in the marked zone. Storms can raise waves of up to a metre on the lake.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportVienna (VIE)Podersdorf is about 30 minutes from Vienna.
SeasonJanuary to AprilThe only months the record shows above a third of days rideable. April is the pick; the rest of the year is lighter.
Getting aroundTrain and busHourly trains from Vienna to Neusiedl am See, about 45 minutes, then bus 290 towards Apetlon to the Strandplatz stop, about 15 minutes.
What to pack
BottomSand. A sandy bottom that slopes very slowly. Long walks out before it is deep enough to ride.DepthAbout 1.6 m. The whole lake is shallow: fins and foils can touch the bottom.Water6 to 10°C. March and April, from compiled research, not measured. A 5/4 in March, a 3/2 from April.LaunchKite zone only. Launch and land only in the marked zone on the north-north beach. Use the buoyed corridors.KitRent or bring. Kiteriders and the Nordstrand school rent kit on the beach.
Kite sizes for October

October has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from ecmwf_ifs at 9 km, cell 1.87 km from the spot, January 2017 to September 2026, 9 to 10 years a month, corrected by month and hour against GeoSphere Austria’s Podersdorf station 1.3 km away. The guides call autumn reliable; the corrected record shows about a quarter of days then.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from the municipality and Duotone Pro Center Neusiedler See. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordNine to ten years a month, corrected against the Podersdorf station.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenChecked on each business’s own website or a named rider source, most recently on 27 September 2026. Price bands only where a price is published.
04Tide windowsMissingA lake: no tide. Lake level is not tracked.
05Hazards and the kite zone rulesWrittenZone rules from the municipality’s conditions of use, which cite § 16 of the provincial regulation; the regulation itself was not read. Emergency numbers from oesterreich.gv.at. Physical hazards from Surf Magazin.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenTrain and bus from the municipality. Water temperature and crowds from compiled research. Sizes derived from the session mean.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches.

The record

Hourly wind, 2017 to 2026, from ECMWF IFS HRES via Open-Meteo: a 9 km grid, read at the cell 1.9 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over nine to ten years.

What we could not source for Podersdorf

The provincial regulation behind the 200 metre rule, read first hand. A crowd count: the months above are compiled research. A bathing water classification, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Surveyed launch coordinates. A measured water temperature. Lake level.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Data: GeoSphere Austria, CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (GeoSphere Austria Data Hub). Hero photograph on the spot page by Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 3.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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