Wing foil and Windsurf at Silvaplana, Upper Engadine lakes: when to go, stats and leaderboard

Upper Engadine lakes, Grisons, Switzerland

Silvaplana is busiest in June: sessions usually start between 12:00 and 16:00. 51% of sessions are Wing foil.

Sessions, 12 months
422
Riders, 12 months
85
Sessions, 30 days
0
Record, 12 months
36.4 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
1Voodoo36.4 kn 67.4 km/h
2Proust Thomas32.3 kn 59.9 km/h
3Ghio30.9 kn 57.2 km/h
4Alessandro José Tomasi30.5 kn 56.5 km/h
5Carl Gillet29.6 kn 54.9 km/h
6Andy28.9 kn 53.5 km/h
7Ryder Rousseau28.8 kn 53.3 km/h
8Joaquín Montans Quirce28.7 kn 53.1 km/h
9Juan28.6 kn 52.9 km/h
10Victor Glatre28.2 kn 52.2 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Ben Nagel33.4 kn 61.8 km/h
2AKSEL ATINÇ30.1 kn 55.7 km/h
3TAN GÜNEÇ29.5 kn 54.7 km/h
4Florian29.5 kn 54.6 km/h
5A - Joy27.6 kn 51.1 km/h
6Michael Sattler27.0 kn 50.0 km/h
7Luciano Montero26.8 kn 49.6 km/h
8Marco Baumgartner26.7 kn 49.5 km/h
9JanMag25.1 kn 46.5 km/h
10Voodoo24.7 kn 45.7 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan6
  • Feb5
  • Mar14
  • Apr0
  • May1
  • Jun161
  • Jul58
  • Aug118
  • Sep51
  • Oct8
  • Nov0
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • Wing foilJune103
  • WindsurfJune34

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 12:00 and 16:00. Local start time.

  • 10:006
  • 11:0032
  • 12:0064
  • 13:0070
  • 14:0094
  • 15:0069
  • 16:0044
  • 17:0031
  • 18:0011
  • 19:000
  • 20:001

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • SW245
  • N89
  • W30
  • S25
  • NW25
  • NE4
  • E4
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Distance and sessions in the last 12 months.

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Questions

When is the best time to go to Silvaplana?

Sessions at Silvaplana are mostly in June. The busiest month is June, with 161 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Silvaplana better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 12:00 and 16:00, local time. 9% start before noon and 91% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at Silvaplana?

Wing foil (51%), Windsurf (24%), Kitesurf (5%), Windfoil (5%), and Foil (2%). Waterspeed recorded 422 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at Silvaplana?

36.4 knots (67.4 km/h), Wing foil, on March 25, 2026. It is the fastest session at Silvaplana on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

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

Voodoo, with 36.4 knots on March 25, 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.