Wing foil and Windsurf at Vieste, Apulia: when to go, stats and leaderboard

Apulia, Italy

Most sessions at Vieste are recorded between May and August, with starts between 10:00 and 13:00. Wing foil leads with 57% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
721
Riders, 12 months
77
Sessions, 30 days
2
Record, 12 months
31.3 kn
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Leaderboard

Best session of each rider in the last 12 months, from the Waterspeed leaderboard. Updated every day.

Wing foil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Steffen Team WBC www.freestyleworld.de28.4 kn 52.6 km/h
2Matthias Team WBC26.0 kn 48.2 km/h
3Adriano Condello25.9 kn 48.0 km/h
4Anonymous rider23.9 kn 44.3 km/h
5MAXXIM23.3 kn 43.2 km/h
6Henry Szenczy23.3 kn 43.2 km/h
7Maik Stoltefaut22.2 kn 41.1 km/h
8Antonio Fabrizio21.4 kn 39.7 km/h
9Anonymous rider20.9 kn 38.7 km/h
10Jan Štantejský20.2 kn 37.4 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Robert Baas31.3 kn 58.0 km/h
2Marco Lorello27.9 kn 51.6 km/h
3Steffen Ertle26.8 kn 49.6 km/h
4Alexander Denzel26.4 kn 48.9 km/h
5Juergen Stauber26.4 kn 48.9 km/h
6Roberto Cantarini26.3 kn 48.7 km/h
7simi leo26.2 kn 48.6 km/h
8alessandro betti24.5 kn 45.4 km/h
9Marc Acosta24.5 kn 45.4 km/h
10Noah Zuch24.0 kn 44.4 km/h

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Windfoil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Steffen Team WBC www.freestyleworld.de21.2 kn 39.3 km/h
2Davide21.0 kn 38.9 km/h
3Wil20.5 kn 37.9 km/h
4Baggenstos18.1 kn 33.6 km/h
5Ingold Thomas16.4 kn 30.3 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan0
  • Feb1
  • Mar3
  • Apr5
  • May155
  • Jun144
  • Jul117
  • Aug209
  • Sep76
  • Oct11
  • Nov0
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • Wing foilAugust123
  • WindsurfAugust51
  • WindfoilJuly13

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 10:00 and 13:00. Local start time.

  • 9:0022
  • 10:0087
  • 11:00163
  • 12:00116
  • 13:0078
  • 14:0089
  • 15:0075
  • 16:0049
  • 17:0031
  • 18:0011

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • NW362
  • N214
  • SE84
  • E42
  • W9
  • S6
  • NE4
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Questions

When is the best time to go to Vieste?

Sessions at Vieste are mostly between May and August. The busiest month is August, with 209 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Vieste better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 10:00 and 13:00, local time. 38% start before noon and 62% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at Vieste?

Wing foil (57%), Windsurf (27%), Windfoil (4%), Strapless (3%), and Kitesurf (2%). Waterspeed recorded 721 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at Vieste?

31.3 knots (58.0 km/h), Windsurf, on July 11, 2026. It is the fastest session at Vieste on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Wing foil leaderboard at Vieste?

Steffen Team WBC www.freestyleworld.de, with 28.4 knots on May 27, 2026. The top 10 is on this page; the full leaderboard is on leaderboard.waterspeedapp.com.

Data: Waterspeed leaderboard sessions. Town positions: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.