Windsurfing

Lake Caldaro offers perfect wind conditions for enthusiastic windsurfers.

Due to its beneficial position, lake Caldaro offers advantageous conditions for windsurfers: already in March in high pressure weather situations the popular "Ora" blows at lake Caldaro. However, it takes some time until the "Ora" reaches the lake. Usually the breeze comes around 1 pm. The full speed of 4 to 6 beaufort is reached a little later in the afternoon.

The best time for surfing is spring, when there are some very good "Ora" days. Less frequent is a north wind, which can reach up to 7 beaufort. In summer months this this wind decreases and in autumn surfers and the lake have to deal with dead calms :-).

The main meeting point for surfers is the Lido at the restaurant "Gretl am See", where the starting conditions are perfect. This is also where the only surf school is located and where there is the only surf shop in the surroundings. This shop offers all a surfers' heart desires, including sandals, sports gears and much more.

The surf school as well as the restaurant and swimming pool are led by Klaus Maran, former world champion in wind gliding.

Below you can find further information on windsurfing on lake Caldaro:

1973 Caldaro is considered to be the cradle of windsurfing in Europe. The first surfers came to lake Caldaro as at the beginning of the 70s the first European surfers came to this place. Outstanding were above all the inhabitants of Caldaro: Ulfried Anderlan, Helmuth Kofler, Rudi Morandell, Erich Renner, Hans Renner and Christian Wörndle.
1974 The first surf club was founded. Erich Renner is elected chairman.
1975 - 1978 Erich Renner becomes Italian champion in 1975, 1976 and 1978.
1978 Johann Wurz is the new Italian champion
1979 - 1981 Klaus Maran is World champion for the thrid time: 1979 (Mauritius), 1980 (Lake Balton in Hungary), and 1981 (Messina). In 1981 Maran displaces the previous chief of the windsurfers.
1985 - 1987 In 1985 Klaus Maran terminates his active career and Karl Anderlan becomes the new figurehead. Third place in the World Championships of 1987 of South Africa and 5th place in the World Championships in Australia.
1992 The club house of the winsurfers is inaugurated.
1994 Klaus Maran steps down as chairman. Karl Anderlan is his follower.
1996 The Junior Italian Championships in the classes Mistral and Funboard take place on lake Caldaro.

2001 - 2002 Manfred Maier is Italian Champion for the second time in the U20 Mistral Klasse (Elba and Cervia). World Championships in Canada, 9th place in the general class in Canada. Moreover in 2002 Fabian Heidegger becomes Italian Champion in the U15 Aloha class and second in the Austrian Championships in the U17 mistral class as well as 4th in the European Championships in the U15 mistral class.

2003 - 2005 Fabian Heidegger is the 2003 Italian Champion in the U17 mistral class and 10th in the World Championships of the U17 mistral class. In 2004 he achieves his biggest success and becomes World Champion in the U17 Mistral Class.

For further information please contact the
Surf School
+39 0471 960055
info@gretlamsee.com