Clear Lake
Lake County · near Lakeport / Kelseyville · North Coast
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Late spring–summer (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Warm in summer (70s°F) — shorty or boardshorts
What is here
- Amenities
- Warm summer water · Big open lake · Reliable afternoon thermal · Uncrowded riding
- Best for
- Warm-water lake sessions
- Features
- Warm summer water · Large open lake · Afternoon thermal wind · Uncrowded, mellow scene
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Gusty, variable wind · Powerboat traffic · Blue-green algae blooms (check advisories) · Big open water
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · kite · wing
- Conditions
- chop
- Venue
- lake
- Wind kt
- 18
- Wind
- Afternoon thermals, 12–25 kt — warm-water lake wind in summer
- Intl tip
- WARM summer water (70s — shorty/boardshorts!) on California's largest natural lake — a mellow contrast to the cold coast. Afternoon thermal, 12–25 kt (gusty/variable). Big open water, uncrowded. Powerboat traffic; check for summer algae advisories. Combine with the wine country and Clear Lake fishing (fishing guide). A relaxed warm-water option near the Bay Area.
The guide
Clear Lake, the largest natural lake wholly within California, offers warm-water wind-sports riding in the oak hills north of t…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Clear Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.027, -122.79