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Laulasmaa

Harju County · Lääne-Harju Parish, Pakri Bay · Keila

also known as Uno Loop Beach, Laulasmaa Beach, Laulasmaa Surfiklubi

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beginner-friendlymedium crowds

On this page

The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

May–Oct

Months riders and schools name

How windy

7 to 9.5 kt

Character: mixed

Room to launch

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

15–20 °C in summerRock-free with low waves even in stronger wind

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Beginner to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

medium crowds · busy June July August

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

44 min

Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)

When it fills in

No daily rhythm to wait for. The wind is frontal: it arrives with the weather system, can blow at any hour including overnight, and there is no afternoon thermal to plan a session around. The forecast decides, not the clock.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

Lohusaluno page yet
Kloogarannano page yet
Vääna-Jõesuuno page yet
Paldiskino page yet

The spot

Laulasmaa is a synoptic-wind beach on Lahepere Bay on Estonia's north coast, about 45 minutes west of Tallinn, and the kite life here is Laulasmaa Surfiklubi plus the surf school on the LaSpa beach.

Wind and layout

The clean directions are west through northwest, side-onshore on the sand; south and southwest get ridden too, but part of the launch sits in the lee of the land on those days, and when it goes northeast the club moves to Lohusalu. The lesson lagoon is shallow, sandy and stays under head height, which is why beginners get sent here.

Water and season

On a light day it is glassy flat, on a strong day rhythmic chop with small waves; it is never a wave spot. The season is May-October, April and November only with thick neoprene, and the shoulder months are windier than midsummer. In June-August the beach fills with swimmers and spa guests and the usable kite area shrinks.

Weather and conditions

There is no live weather station at the spot; the nearest live data is Pakri. One more thing: the official bathing-water class was poor for 2024 and 2025, while the 2026 samples came back very good.

The wind

Direction

cross-onSW

Direction to shore

cross-on

Dominant direction

SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW for best riding; S, SW, W and NW are also rideable, with Lohusalu used for NE.

Character

mixed

When it fills in: see above ↑

Thermal or synoptic

synoptic

Average strength

No spot statistic. Tallinn-area prevailing wind is around 200-250 degrees and mainly 6-10 kt; monthly Tallinn averages run from about 11.1 mph in July to 16.3 mph in December, roughly 10-14 kt before local beach effects.

Typical strength

No measurement at the beach. The nearest long-run coastal station, Pakri, averages 3.4 m/s in July and August and 4.4-4.9 m/s from October to January, roughly 7 to 9.5 kt as a monthly mean over 1991-2020. A kiteable day here is therefore a frontal event well above the local average, and the autumn and winter months throw up more of them than midsummer does.

Forecast-driven Baltic wind, frontal with some thermal help. There is no live weather station at the spot; the nearest live data is Pakri.

The season runs May to October, with April and November possible only with warm equipment. Autumn and winter are windier but colder and more storm/frontal driven.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

Jan56
Feb42
Mar34
Apr32
May, riders' month18
Jun, riders' month22
Jul, riders' month23
Aug, riders' month16
Sep, riders' month25
Oct, riders' month39
Nov43
Dec39

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

56%Jan2°
42%Feb1°
34%Mar1°
32%Apr3°
18%May9°
22%Jun16°
23%Jul20°
16%Aug20°
25%Sep18°
39%Oct13°
43%Nov8°
39%Dec5°

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+) · water °C below · season highlighted

Modelled from the operational forecast archive at 1.5–7 km (2023-2024), daylight hours only, not a ground station: it resolves thermal, lake and valley winds far better than coarse reanalysis but still tends to understate a strong local thermal.

Every figure, month by monthWindy days · Force 4+ · 12 kn or more · Knots · Wind from · Peaks at · Air · Water · Readings

Month	Windy days	Force 4+	12 kn or more	Knots	Wind from	Peaks at	Air	Water	Readings
Jan	56%	68%	63%	13.6 kt	SSW	13:00	-3.1 °C	2.1 °C	62
Feb	42%	61%	54%	13 kt	SSE	14:00	-1.2 °C	1.1 °C	57
Mar	34%	47%	40%	11.4 kt	SSW	14:00	0.8 °C	1.4 °C	62
Apr	32%	43%	35%	11.3 kt	NE	14:00	4.7 °C	3.4 °C	60
May	18%	40%	27%	10.2 kt	WNW	15:00	11.2 °C	9 °C	62
Jun	22%	32%	25%	10.6 kt	WNW	15:00	16.7 °C	15.8 °C	60
Jul	23%	44%	34%	11.2 kt	W	15:00	17.7 °C	19.5 °C	62
Aug	16%	40%	27%	10.8 kt	SSW	15:00	18.3 °C	20 °C	62
Sep	25%	32%	25%	10.1 kt	SSW	14:00	13.6 °C	18.1 °C	60
Oct	39%	61%	52%	13.3 kt	W	13:00	7.9 °C	13.2 °C	62
Nov	43%	58%	52%	12.9 kt	S	11:00	2.8 °C	8.3 °C	60
Dec	39%	55%	48%	12.7 kt	SE	12:00	-1.6 °C	4.5 °C	62

How this is modelledmodelled · 2023-2024

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

A windy day has at least three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

High-resolution weather model (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical forecast archive — best-match operational model (ICON-D2 / AROME / ICON-EU / GFS by region), not a ground station · 2023-2024

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Shallow near the beach; the lesson area at Laulasmaa Surfikool does not get over head height, in a safe, sufficiently shallow lagoon.

Tides

Tide-independent for riding; Baltic/Gulf of Finland astronomical tide is small, with sea level more affected by wind and pressure than classic tides.

Temperature

Summer (°C) About 15–20 °C in open Gulf of Finland surface water; Estonian beaches commonly average 20–22 °C in July-August, and the shallow lagoon runs warmer than the open bay in summer.

Winter (°C) Around 0 °C at the Gulf of Finland surface in winter; mid-winter Baltic surface water can drop slightly below 0 °C.

Modelled monthly average: 1–20 °C

Wetsuit

Shorty or standard wetsuit in summer, standard to thick in spring and autumn, thick in winter; for the Baltic season count on at least a 5/3 mm.

Conditions

Rock-free with low waves even in stronger wind. Shallow and flat to choppy with small waves: glassy on light days, rhythmic chop when it blows. The water body is the Gulf of Finland.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

A beginner spot first: shallow, protected lesson lagoon and a school on the beach. Advanced riders get freestyle practice on the stronger days; nobody comes here for waves.

The scene

What riders come here for

freeridefreestyle practicefamily beach trips

Who it suitsbeginnerslessons

Local/resort beach used by Tallinn-area riders, surf schools and summer swimmers; expect the busiest conflicts on warm summer beach days rather than in cold shoulder-season wind.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

2 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: ok

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

2 spots nearby

All 2 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

No lifeguard. The parish runs no official public beaches, so nothing on this sand is staffed and there is no rescue post or patrol boat; the water at Laulasmaa Spa is sampled for bathing quality, which is a health check and not supervision.

In practice the cover is the surf club and the school on the LaSpa beach while they are open, and 112 for anything serious.

Launch

Sandy resort-area beach at/near LaSpa and Laulasmaa Surfiklubi on Lahepere Bay, with beach facilities, a beach bar in summer, beach equipment rental nearby and a surf school offering windsurfing, kitesurfing and SUP. Parking and easy beach access are available, though one route involves a medium walk through private property.

Hazards riders report 5 reported

Wind

In S or SW parts of the south-shore launch sit in the lee of the land or at an offshore angle, even though both directions are ridden; ask the club which launch to use before going out without rescue.

Crowds and zones

Swimmers and beach users in June, July and August; keep a downwind buffer from swimmers.
Bathing-water quality swings: the official class for Laulasmaa rand was 'Halb' (poor) for 2024 and 2025, while the 2026 samples on 03 June, 01 July, 15 July and 05 August were very good.

Other

One access route is a medium walk across private property: no littering, no noise from dusk till dawn.
No lifeguard or rescue post on the beach: the parish has no official public beaches, so the only cover is the club and the school during their hours.

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: no municipal kite permit, kite zone or seasonal ban. The parish has no official public beaches, but the popular swimming spots including Laulasmaa Spa are water-tested. On the private land behind the beach: no littering, no noise from dusk till dawn.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Schools that ride here

Rider tips

Ask Laulasmaa Surfiklubi which access path to use before rigging; one route crosses private land, so no noise from dusk till dawn and take your rubbish with you.
Pick W, WNW or NW days for lessons or a first solo ride; they are side-onshore and the cleanest.
June-August: keep a long downwind buffer from swimmers and do not jump near the shore.
NE forecast: go to Lohusalu, as the club does.
Check the summer bathing-water sample results; 2024 and 2025 were classed poor, the 2026 samples were very good.
Drive: about 45 minutes from Tallinn and 40-41 km from the airport; public transport takes 1 h 46-1 h 53 with a change.

Getting there

Airport

Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)

Route

Car, with kite gear. From Tallinn the drive is about 45 minutes; from Tallinn Airport it is 40-41 km by road, 44 minutes driving, or roughly 1 h 46-1 h 53 by public transport with a change.

Transfer

44 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

LaSpa is at Puhkekodu tee 4, right behind the beach, with rooms and a spa; there are 100+ other places to stay within reach.

No-wind days

Beach, pine-forest walks, running/cycling/Nordic walking, SUP/windsurf lessons, LaSpa spa facilities, Arvo Pärt Centre nearby, Niitvälja golf about 10 minutes by car from LaSpa.

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at Laulasmaa?

The season runs May to October, with April and November only workable with warm equipment because autumn and winter bring colder, stormier wind.

Is Laulasmaa suitable for beginners?

Yes, the local club describes the nearshore lagoon as shallow and protected, ideal for lessons, with the Laulasmaa Surfiklubi and Surfikool.ee teaching there.

What is the wind like?

The cleanest directions are W through NW, blowing side-onshore; S and SW are also rideable, while the club moves to Lohusalu in NE wind.

Are there kite schools nearby?

Yes, Laulasmaa Surfiklubi and Surfikool.ee both teach kitesurfing on site, offering rental and IKO-based progression.

What hazards should riders know about?

Summer swimmers require a downwind buffer, beach access can involve a private-property walk, and bathing-water quality has varied by year.

The bigger pictureEverything about Laulasmaa & Kakumäe

Last updated: August 2026