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Podersdorf am See (Nord-Nord Strand)

also known as Neusiedlersee Podersdorf Nord-Nord Strand, Podersdorf Nordstrand, Lake Neusiedl - Podersdorf, Neusiedler See / Podersdorf Nord-Nordstrand

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Wind
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Forecast
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
- Rescue
Hazards
Rules & access
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Podersdorf am See (Nord-Nord Strand) has no other spot on this map within 40 km of it. straight-line distance

SeasonMar, Apr, May, Sep, Octthe months riders and schools name How windy6-25synoptic Launchokaccess rules on record, below Waterflat25°C in summer · 10 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools5named at this spot From the airport45 minVienna International Airport (VIE)

When it fills in

Front-driven, so it can be up at any hour and the best days often start before breakfast. On top of that there is a daily build: lightest around sunrise, picking up from mid-morning, best from about midday to 5pm, easing after 6pm. In spring the share of hours over 12 knots roughly triples between dawn and mid-afternoon. Indicative, from modelled hourly data rather than a beach station.

Nord-Nord Strand is the kite beach at Podersdorf am See on Lake Neusiedl, the flagship Austrian lake spot, and the wind comes with the weather, not with the afternoon.

NW is the direction you want, onshore to side-on and the most frequent; SE-SW shows up in summer and SE more in autumn and winter, and the S/SE and easterly days are gustier and side-off.

Spring and autumn are the seasons, March to May and September to October, when west-weather fronts bring 6-25 knots and a 7-15 m quiver covers it.

The lake is 1.5-1.6 m deep on average and you can stand almost everywhere, which is why the schools sit on this beach and why it is one of the easiest places in Austria to learn. It is also why it is crowded: windy weekends and holidays fill the setup area early.

From 10 May to 20 September the Burgenland rule keeps kites 200 m off the shore; at Podersdorf that is the yellow-buoy line, and you walk or body-drag out through the marked corridors, no jumping in them.

Riding here needs the official kite trikot, 15 EUR (2026), on top of PODOBEACH day admission of 10.50 EUR (2026) in high season or 7.90 EUR (2026) in low season. Summer thunderstorms can take the wind from nothing to 6-10 Beaufort fast, and low-water spells make the near-shore very shallow and foiling a poor idea.

The wind

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

synoptic

fills in: Front-driven, so it can be up at any hour and the best days often start before breakfast. On top of that there is a daily build: lightest around sunrise, picking up from mid-morning, best from about midday to 5pm, easing after 6pm. In spring the share of hours over 12 knots roughly triples between dawn and mid-afternoon. Indicative, from modelled hourly data rather than a beach station.

Typical strength

6-25

Front-driven inland-lake wind: it blows often, but it shifts and gusts; the easterly and southerly days are the least reliable and the gustiest.

Spring and autumn are the main seasons. Summer brings SE-SW wind but also light spells and sudden thunderstorms; autumn and winter turn more SE, and from March and April the west-weather fronts bring the stronger days. No published long-term station average exists for the beach.

Modelled long-run values over the lake put the all-hours mean near 7 knots and the average daily peak at 11-13 knots, with a daily maximum over 12 knots on about half the days from January to May and under a third in August. The wind is frontal first and thermal second.

The quiver, in words

7-15 m covers the year. For a 75-85 kg rider that means a 12 m on the common 12-15 knot days, 9-10 m when a front pushes 18-22, and a 7 m on the strong NW days, with the 15 m kept for the marginal end. The weight-anchored sizes are indicative, read off the wind range.

Direction to shore

NW is onshore to side-onshore at Podersdorf; W/SW are described as onshore or side-shore, while S/SE can be side-offshore and gusty.

Dominant direction

NW most frequent; N/NW and SE/SW are main directions, with SE to SW more common in summer and SE more common in autumn/winter.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan39
Feb33
Mar, riders' month50
Apr, riders' month45
May, riders' month29
Jun17
Jul26
Aug23
Sep, riders' month27
Oct, riders' month21
Nov32
Dec26

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

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct.

39%Jan
33%Feb
50%Mar
45%Apr
29%May
17%Jun
26%Jul
23%Aug
27%Sep
21%Oct
32%Nov
26%Dec

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

Month	Windy days	Force 4+	12 kn or more	Knots	From	Peaks at	Air	Readings
Jan	39%	56%	50%	12.4 kt	NNW	12:00	2.6°C	62
Feb	33%	53%	44%	11.8 kt	WNW	15:00	5.8°C	57
Mar	50%	56%	53%	13.2 kt	SSE	13:00	7.8°C	62
Apr	45%	70%	63%	13.1 kt	NNW	13:00	10.8°C	60
May	29%	56%	50%	12.2 kt	NNW	13:00	16.8°C	62
Jun	17%	50%	43%	11.2 kt	NNW	16:00	21.3°C	60
Jul	26%	66%	60%	12.5 kt	NW	15:00	23.8°C	62
Aug	23%	47%	39%	10.6 kt	NNW	13:00	23.3°C	62
Sep	27%	45%	37%	11 kt	S	15:00	17.9°C	60
Oct	21%	44%	32%	10.7 kt	SSE	13:00	13.8°C	62
Nov	32%	48%	43%	11.5 kt	NNW	13:00	6.4°C	60
Dec	26%	42%	39%	10.6 kt	NNW	11:00	2.6°C	62

modelled

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

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. 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

flat

Standing depth

Shallow freshwater steppe lake; about 1.5-1.6 m average depth, with standing-depth water across most or almost all of the lake.

Tides

None; it is a lake.

Temperature

25°C summer

Currents

No tidal current; strong wind can move water around the lake and cause local low-water/rescue limitations.

Freshwater, shallow, mostly flat lake water. Low water levels can be helpful for learning but require care near shore and make foiling less suitable.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Standing depth and a row of schools make it a beginner lake; advanced riders and pros ride here too, mostly on the frontal days. On those days the gusts and the crowd are the judgement call.

The scene

What riders come here for

beginnerslearningfreestylefreerideflatwater

The flagship Austrian lake scene, with a row of schools, a couple of shops, gear storage and a proper beach setup; social and convenient. Windy weekends, public holidays and bathing-season days are crowded.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

5 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: ok

access rules on record

Somewhere else

No neighbour on record

No other spot in the atlas sits within reach of this one.

Rescue

The kite schools run a boat pickup. In strong wind the water gets pushed across the lake and can go too shallow for a boat to reach some places. The lifeguards, showers and toilets belong to the PODOBEACH bathing area rather than to the kite water.

Launch

Nord-Nord Strand is the named kite area at Podersdorf, in front of the cluster of schools. The beach is laid out in lanes: an entrance, three setup zones behind the yellow line, one start and landing zone, three buoyed corridors out through the shallows, and a separate windsurf area to one side.Launching and landing are only allowed in the marked start and landing zone; the corridors are for entry and exit and must be kept clear.

Space

Hazards riders report 10

wind can be unpredictable/gusty (especially from the east)
shallow water close to shore
crowded on windy weekends
Gusty and rapidly changing frontal wind
Sudden thunderstorms and storms can increase wind quickly to 6-10 Beaufort
S/SE and easterly winds can be side-offshore and/or gusty
Very shallow water and low-water periods near shore
Crowding on windy weekends and holidays
Nature reserve on the left side of the shore after about 500 m; landing there is prohibited
Marked entry/exit corridors must be kept clear; no jumping in corridors

Rules & access

2026: you need the official kite trikot, 15,00 EUR (2026), worn where it can be seen at all times and sold at the cash desk, plus PODOBEACH day admission, 10,50 EUR (2026) in high season or 7,90 EUR (2026) in low season. Launch and land only in the marked start and landing zone, without exception. Do not park kites, boards or foils in that zone, and secure kites properly on land; rig and park in the setup zones in front of the yellow line. The yellow-buoy corridors are for going out and coming in only and jumping in them is forbidden. Swimming is banned across the whole watersports area. Landing in the nature reserve along the shore is prohibited. Do what the beach staff tell you. The Burgenland state rule (Landesverordnung paragraph 16) runs every year from 10 May to 20 September: no kitesurfing on Lake Neusiedl within 200 m of shore except designated exceptions, which at Podersdorf means the yellow-buoy zone.

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

Rider tips

Check the local station's live reading before rigging; on a frontal day the forecast and the lake disagree.
Bring the small kite on a NW front: the gusts build fast, and the range is 7-15 m for a reason.
10 May to 20 September: walk or body-drag out past the yellow 200 m buoy line before you put the board on, using the marked corridors.
No jumping in the corridors, no parked kites in the start/landing zone, and launch only there; beach staff will send you back.
Windy weekend: arrive early, the Nord-Nord Strand parking and setup area fill fast.
In a low-water spell stay off the foil and watch the depth near shore; the left-hand shore past about 500 m is nature reserve and landing there is prohibited.
Buy the kite trikot, 15 EUR (2026), and pay PODOBEACH admission, 10.50 EUR (2026) high season or 7.90 EUR (2026) low season, before walking onto the beach.
On a marginal day, wait it out: the lake adds a few knots through the middle of the day and gives back what it gave after about 6pm.

Getting there

Airport

Vienna International Airport (VIE)

Route

By car, aim for Nord-Nord Strand (Nordstrand) in Podersdorf. By public transport, regional train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Neusiedl am See, about 45 minutes, then bus 290 toward Podersdorf, about 20 minutes.

Transfer

45 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Podersdorf has hotels, guesthouses, apartments, mobile homes and glamping, plus Strandcamping by the lake; the town's booking page listed 75 places at the last count (2026).

No-wind days

Cycling through the Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park, birdwatching, wine/food visits, SUP/kayak/beach activities, PODOBEACH family facilities, St. Martins Therme, Dorfmuseum Monchhof, and Vienna day trips.

Photos

Podersdorf Nordstrand bei Starkwind — Mflip, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time to kitesurf Nord-Nord Strand?

Spring and autumn are repeatedly cited as the stronger seasons, with March-May and September-October the best months for frontal NW wind.

Is Nord-Nord Strand suitable for beginners?

Yes, the lake's roughly 1.5-1.6 m average depth gives standing-depth water across most of the riding area, and the spot has multiple kite schools for learners.

What is the wind like at Nord-Nord Strand?

Wind is front-driven and mostly NW, ranging from about 6 to 25 knots; easterly and southerly winds are more common in autumn and winter but tend to be gustier or side-offshore.

Are there rules at Nord-Nord Strand?

From 10 May to 20 September each year kitesurfing within 200 m of shore is forbidden except in the marked yellow-buoy corridor, and riders must wear an official kite lycra and launch only in the designated zone.

What hazards should kitesurfers know about at Nord-Nord Strand?

Hazards include gusty, rapidly changing frontal wind, sudden thunderstorms that can spike wind quickly, and very shallow water near shore during low-water periods.

Last updated: August 2026