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About this spot
The Attersee is 20 km long, 3.4 km wide and 169 m deep — the biggest lake lying entirely inside Austria, and the country's sailing lake. For kiters it is a light-wind lake: the reliable wind is the thermal the locals call the Rosenwind, named after the rose gardens of Schloss Kammer, and the spot pages describe it as a steady easterly of around force 4 that builds in the afternoon and runs the length of the lake, with a lighter southerly for early risers before about 9:00. On the records, roughly 98% of the rideable hours sit between 7 and 12 kn — big-kite, light-wind-board and foil territory — and the season peaks in spring, March to June, with November effectively off.
The launch shown here is at Nussdorf on the western shore, which puts the afternoon easterly to southerly thermal onshore and leaves the fetch in front of you. The local difficulty is access, not wind: the shoreline is a patchwork of private beaches, sailing clubs and bathing areas, so you ride from the public beaches and the few stretches the clubs tolerate you on, and Weyregg on the far side is the other name locals drop — reachable straight from the road, with parking that fills early in summer. A strong westerly flow can turn the lake genuinely stormy, but on this shore that wind comes over the mountains, gusty and offshore, so it is a reason to stay on the bank.
Everything else is gentle: flat to lightly chopped water, no tide, no current, visibility that can reach 25 m and surface temperatures that touch 25 °C in the warmest bays in summer. It is still a big, deep lake with boat, ferry and regatta traffic and swimmers at every public beach in July and August, so ride with a plan for getting back. And read the fine print before you rig on any Salzkammergut water that is not on this list: kiting is zone- and season-regulated here, never allowed inside the protected swimmer areas, and on some lakes — the Wolfgangsee among them — towing a kite is banned outright by ordinance on one shore while tourism pages still advertise it on the other. Austria's only other legally open kite water is on Lake Constance, where the Rohrspitz and Bregenz bay zones in Vorarlberg are permit-only.
3-day forecast
Speed / gusts in knots. Colour = rideability for this spot. Bottom row = recommended kite size for your weight — not recommended outside this spot's 11–28 kn range.
Conditions
- Water
- flat, choppy
- Depth
- Deep lake — no standing depth; 169 m at its deepest
- Seabed
- stones, pebbles, grass on the bank, sand in places
- Skill
- intermediate, expert
- Beginners
- Not for beginners — intermediate and up
- Wind range
- 11 kn – 28 kn
Access & parking
About 35 minutes from Salzburg on the A1; Nussdorf is on the western shore reached from the lake road — ride from public beach areas and ask before rigging outside an existing kite zone.
Parking: Small public lots on the lake road; summer spaces are tight and some beaches charge an entry fee.
Amenities
- Public bathing beaches with facilities, cafés and shops in Nussdorf and the neighbouring villages
- SUP, wingfoil and surf rental and schools around the lake in Schörfling and Seewalchen
- Live lake webcams and a high-resolution model forecast used by the local scene
- Salzburg and Linz within an hour; rail connections around the lake
Needs local verification: Compiled from lake regulations, municipal pages, kite clubs and schools in October 2026; launch points, fees, club membership rules and on-water zones still need checking on site. Water temperature here is a seasonal lake estimate — the marine model has no inland-lake data.
Local hazards
- Light wind almost always (7–12 kn): a big kite, light-wind board or foil is required and sessions can end early
- Shoreline is a patchwork of private beaches, clubs and bathing zones — no right to rig wherever you like
- No standing depth on a 20 km lake with boat, ferry and regatta traffic
- Swimmers at every public beach in July and August
- A strong westerly flow can make the lake stormy but is offshore and gusty on this shore
- Cold water in spring and autumn despite warm summer surface — and no kite club or rescue on site