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Kite spot on water · Czech Republic

Lipno

Riders have kited it in N, NE, SE, S, SW, W, NW. Best in SE.

Show on the map48.7080, 14.0903
Works in
N, NE, SE, S, SW, W, NW
Best
SE
Watch out
NE, E, SE
Nearest airport
JCLČeské Budějovice South Bohemian Airport, 36 km

Forecast and webcams

Before you go

Forecasts often disagree. When Windguru, ALADIN and Windy agree, it is worth going.

Tips for this spot

  • Offshore wind carries you away from land. Do not ride it without a rescue boat.
  • When a storm is coming, get out of the water and land the kite at once. Gusts before a storm are violent and a kite overhead is the highest point around.
  • New spot: ask locals about shallows, currents and where people launch.

The spot on video

Lipno on video

Riders' footage from YouTube. It only loads when you click.

Kiteboarding challenge vol. 2 Lipno on the SPOT
2020 09 Kitesurfing Lipno Martn Ma
Kitesurfing Lipno Harald Schuster
Lipno kite 2019 Ludek Fyrbach

On site

Wind and riding area

NNNENEENEEESESESSESSSWSWWSWWWNWNWNNWNESW

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Direction the wind blows from. Based on riders' experience, not a forecast.

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From riders

What you need to know

Watch out NE, E, SE
In pure E wind, it is better to skip Lipno unless the wind shifts toward NE.

Watch out for

  • Dangerous hidden sharp underwater rocks even 100 m from the shore.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026

Parking

  • Car park “Nová Pec” about 300 m from the spot, paid.capacity: 50 · OpenStreetMap

Conditions

  • The best flat-water riding is upwind near the right shore. The wind on the water is significantly stronger than on the weather station graph, which is shadowed by the hill behind it.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2025
  • Large local wind differences compared to other spots (it often blows well here even when conditions at Radslav are poor).Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2025
  • Flat water in the Vltavice basin area, with long tacks possible between the opposite shore near Radslav and Vltavice.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026
  • Significant local wind variations, there is often no wind here even when conditions at Vltavice are good.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2025
  • Riding is on the frozen surface of Lipno or on the pastures on the other side of the reservoir.Facebook group Snowkiting Czech 2015
  • You can ride from Tajvan island along the opposite shore all the way to Vltavice.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026
  • SE wind doesn't push through here often, but when it does, it's worth it.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026
  • Storms usually pass around the reservoir and pull in steady wind.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026
  • There is usually flat water closer to the right bank.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2025
  • In summer (July), the reservoir water gets very warm.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2025
  • Flat water suitable for speed riding.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026

Riders' tips

  • The Radslav 2 webcam in the Počasí Meteo app points toward the far shore and shows incoming wind earlier than the anemometers.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026
  • Locals ride along the right bank here.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2025

Facilities

  • Refreshments and drinks at Windy Point.Facebook group Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite 2026
In riders' own words
  • „JV - pokud se profoukne na Lipno tak absolutní pecka... SV - zde je to Černá, slabší wind, ale opravdová stabilní lahůdka“
  • „JV - pokud se profoukne na Lipno tak absolutní pecka která nemá konkurenci je Vltavice.“
  • „S, SZ, Z, JZ, J“
  • „V - tak to na Lipno raději nejezdit, pokud to ale nesklouzne k SV, což je poměrně často“
  • „Radslav - nejhorší varianta ze všech (osobně si vždy na SV sklouznu směr Černá a na JV směr Vltavice)“
  • „JV to je na Lipně ten nejhorší možný směr“
  • „OpenStreetMap way/1412585957“
  • „OpenStreetMap way/138504570“
  • „je to tam o hubu pokud jezdíte blíže ke břehům, i 100m je fakt problém, špičaté kameny, které nejsou vidět vás přinejmenším vyděsí“
  • „a nebo když zamrzne Lipno. ... Ještě sme jezdili na druhý straně Lipna po pastvinách“
  • „na vltavickém “bazénu”. Vyjeli jsme si nahoru na flat, nejdříve poryvové, ale pak luxus, po kávě jsem ještě najel na protější břeh Radslavi a spídovky obloukem“
  • „na Vltavici viz info z hodinek, protože to byla Lefkáda, rovná voda a těžká spídovka“
  • „při protějším břehu od Tajvanu taky na Vltavici“
  • „Bouřky jdou většinou okolo a jak natahují vítr bývá to skvělý pojezd.“

Photos from the area

ISS053-E-86815 - View of Earth
ISS053-E-86815 - View of Earth · 1138 m from the spot
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
ISS053-E-89290 - View of Earth
ISS053-E-89290 - View of Earth · 1138 m from the spot
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Wind by month

When it blows

Average wind speed 10 m above ground from NASA POWER (MERRA-2, 2001–2025). The model works on a grid of roughly 50 km; on hills and by the water the wind is often stronger and gustier.

windiest monthsaverage wind in knots, NASA POWER; below the month in m/s

Values by month
January7.4 knots · 3.8 m/s
February7.5 knots · 3.9 m/s
March7.4 knots · 3.8 m/s
April6.3 knots · 3.2 m/s
May6.1 knots · 3.1 m/s
June5.4 knots · 2.8 m/s
July5.4 knots · 2.8 m/s
August5.1 knots · 2.6 m/s
September5.5 knots · 2.8 m/s
October5.7 knots · 2.9 m/s
November6.2 knots · 3.2 m/s
December6.7 knots · 3.4 m/s

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Sources: Community kite spot map at kiteboarding.cz; Riders' reports in public kite groups on Facebook (Dehtář-Lipno-Svět Windsurf & Kite, Snowkiting Czech). Wind NASA POWER, airports OurAirports, photos Wikimedia Commons (author and licence with each photo). As of 17 October 2026. These are riders' reports; local rules change, so look around before you ride and follow local signs.

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