Germany
24 wing and kite foil spots, with conditions, best season and the schools and rental stations at each.
Ammersee
Bavaria
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Oct–Mar
A large lake south-west of Munich that works with the westerly winds of passing depressions, so its season runs from autumn to spring rather than in summer…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Amrum
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A North Frisian island whose Kniepsand is one of the widest beaches in Europe. At low tide a shallow lagoon forms between the beach and the outer sandbar, good…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Borkum
Lower Saxony
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The westernmost East Frisian island has a big sandy surf beach that works in every wind direction: at high tide a shallow channel gives flat to choppy water…
1 center · Lessons
Brombachsee
Bavaria
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov
A reservoir in the Franconian Lake District with flat water that gets choppy as the wind builds. Afternoon thermals turn up occasionally in spring and autumn…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Büsum
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A Wadden Sea resort where a big zone in front of the dyke is reserved for windsurfers and kiters. The shallow tidal water is flat to choppy and only rideable…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Chiemsee – Chieming
Bavaria
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- May–Sep
Bavaria's largest lake is a pleasant place to learn in summer, and its size lets the wind develop freely over the flat surface, an advantage over the many…
4 centers · Lessons, Rental
Cuxhaven
Lower Saxony
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The resort at the mouth of the Elbe, with two tidal spots: the Kugelbake at Döse, where north to south-east winds work and the shipping lane 300 m out limits…
1 center · Lessons
Dümmer
Lower Saxony
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
A very shallow lake with a sandy bottom north of Osnabrück, where even strong wind only raises a light chop, which makes it a gentle place to learn. Westerly…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Fehmarn
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- May–Sep
Germany's windiest island, with launches on every side so there is a working beach for each wind direction: shallow flat water at Gold and Orth, chop and small…
6 centers · Lessons, Rental
Fischland-Darß – Ahrenshoop & Bodden
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A narrow Baltic peninsula with two very different sides. The open coast at Ahrenshoop has chop and, in westerlies, real waves over groynes and a strong current…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Flensburg Fjord – Holnis
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A peninsula in the Flensburg Fjord looking across to Denmark. Holnis has a 1.5 km sandy beach with 80–100 m of shallow water and a small shorebreak over the…
Jade Bight – Hooksiel & Schillig
Lower Saxony
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Two tidal beaches north of Wilhelmshaven at the mouth of the Jade. Hooksiel is a flat-water spot with a signed kite zone behind the beach cashier, rideable…
1 center · Lessons, Rental Kiel Fjord – Laboe Schleswig-Holstein- Water
- Chop
The Baltic Sea at the mouth of the Kiel Fjord, where a VDWS school teaches wing foiling from the beach at Laboe, next to the U-boat memorial. Other courses…
3 centers · Lessons, Rental Lake Constance Baden-Württemberg & Bavaria- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- May–Oct
Germany's largest lake has no reliable thermal wind like Lake Garda, so the wing schools on its shores work with the passing fronts and easterlies and fill calm…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Leipzig – Cospudener See
Saxony
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A flooded former open-cast mine on the southern edge of Leipzig with a wide sandy beach and meadow, a kite zone next to the windsurf beach and flat to slightly…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Lübeck Bay – Pelzerhaken
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–Nov
A surfers' beach near Neustadt on the Bay of Lübeck, one of the closest spots to Hamburg. A big shallow area gives flat water that turns choppy in stronger…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Norderney & Norddeich
Lower Saxony
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
An East Frisian island and the ferry port opposite it. On Norderney the beaches by the town give flat to choppy water on the tide and good waves over the outer…
1 center · Lessons
Rügen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- May–Oct
What Fehmarn is to the western Baltic, Rügen is to the east: Germany's largest island has a spot for every wind direction and every level close together, from…
5 centers · Lessons, Rental
Salzhaff – Pepelow & Rerik
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A large, shallow Baltic lagoon between Wismar and Kühlungsborn, knee- to hip-deep with clear, barely salty water and excellent flat-water conditions; the water…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
St. Peter-Ording
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- May–Oct
The kilometre-wide beach on the North Sea coast of Eiderstedt, home of the German kite and windsurf tour stops, works on any westerly wind. The tide decides its…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Steinhuder Meer
Lower Saxony
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Northern Germany's largest lake, near Hanover, shallow for about 500 m from shore with flat to choppy water. Mardorfer Strand and Weißer Berg have dedicated…
Sylt
Schleswig-Holstein
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- May–Oct
Germany's windsurf island has some of the most selective conditions in the world on its west coast, where strong current meets an unsorted North Sea shore…
6 centers · Lessons, Rental
Usedom
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Germany's easternmost Baltic island, next to the Polish border. On the sea side, Ahlbeck's big sandy beach is shallow for about 100 m, with chop that grows into…
Walchensee & Kochelsee
Bavaria
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Apr–Aug
Two neighbouring lakes at the edge of the Bavarian Alps, an hour south of Munich. On sunny days from April to August an afternoon thermal of 6–18 knots blows…
Schools and rental
44 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
Rügen's only surf school specialised in wing foiling and wingsurfing.
Duotone Pro Center Sylt SyltThe Duotone Pro Center in Westerland teaches wing foil with at most two students per instructor.
Foilriders Chiemsee – ChiemingFoilriders runs foil camps at the Chiemsee, from foiling and pumping basics to wing and parawing.
Kite Passion FehmarnKite Passion teaches wing on Fehmarn in small groups with radio coaching.
KiteWorldWide Fehmarn Fehmarn- Brands
- CORE, Carved, Duotone
- Certified by
- VDWS
Professional coaching by a VDWS-licensed team with premium gear from CORE, Carved and Duotone, all of it also for rent.
Kiteguide-SPO St. Peter-OrdingKiteguide-SPO has taught wing foiling since 2021, at the Speicherkoog in Meldorf south of Büsum.
Kitemafia Fischland-Darß – Ahrenshoop & BoddenKite school and rental station at Saal on the Bodden, running for more than 23 years, with two- to five-day courses for beginners and...
Kitemonkey FehmarnA VDWS-licensed wing foil school at the Fehmarnsund bridge, active since 2018.
Kiteschule Chiemsee Chiemsee – ChiemingA licensed kite school at the Chiemsee teaching kite, snowkite and wing foil.
Kiteschule Darss Fischland-Darß – Ahrenshoop & BoddenA kite school on Fischland-Darß with three course starts a week from May to October, private lessons, kids' camps and a beachwear shop.
Kiteschule Sylt SyltA kite school on Sylt that also teaches wingsurfing.
Kitesurfschule Pepelow Salzhaff – Pepelow & RerikKite school at the Pepelow campsite on the standing-depth Salzhaff, with weekend courses, camps and accommodation.
Nordsee Surfschule Jade Bight – Hooksiel & SchilligVDWS surf school with its kite base at the Beach Haus in Hooksiel, using the shallow mudflats of the bay.
Ostsee Kiteschule Kiel Fjord – LaboeThe Baltic kite school's three-day wing foil course with twelve hours of training.
ProBoarding Rügen RügenProBoarding teaches wing foil with radio helmets and two students per instructor on the Greifswalder Bodden between Thiessow and Klein...
Robins Surfcenter DümmerWater sports school at the Dümmer with windsurf, SUP and wing foil courses for all ages, plus team events.
Rügen Kite RügenRügen Kite runs wingsurf and wing foil courses and a five-day wing foil camp.
Rügen Piraten Wassersportschule RügenThe Rügen Piraten watersports school teaches wing foiling next to SUP and foiling.
SUP Club Chiemsee Chiemsee – ChiemingThe SUP Club Chiemsee teaches wingsurfing and wing foiling in Chieming to the VDWS level system.
Sail & Surf Pelzerhaken Lübeck Bay – PelzerhakenPelzerhaken surf school with a VDWS kite school on a shallow standing area, plus wing foil, windsurf, catamaran and SUP.
Salty Marine Kiel Fjord – LaboeBoat-based wing foil courses of about three hours on the Baltic, leaving from Schilksee, Laboe or Wendtorf.
Ski- und Surfschule Müller AmmerseeA ski school's summer arm with windsurf, wing foil and SUP courses and rental directly on the Ammersee, run since 1977.
Surf- und Kiteschule Brombachsee BrombachseeSurf, kite, wing and SUP school with its kite station on the sandy beach at Allmannsdorf on the Großer Brombachsee.
SurfCenter Leipzig Leipzig – Cospudener SeeWindsurf, SUP and wing foil school on the Cospudener See with weekend and trial courses and a wing foil test centre for rental and sales.
Surfclub Amrum AmrumSurf club and VDWS kite school on Amrum teaching from the first kite control to water starts and upwind riding.
Surfers Point Laboe Kiel Fjord – LaboeA VDWS school on the beach at Laboe, next to the U-boat, teaching wing foil in two modules.
Surfhouse Sylt SyltSurfhouse Sylt teaches wing foiling mainly at the Ellenbogen in List, at most five students per instructor.
Surfschule Cuxhaven CuxhavenVDWS station in Cuxhaven teaching windsurf and kite, and training water sports assistants.
Surfschule Norderney Norderney & NorddeichOne of Germany's largest VDWS surf schools, in the sheltered harbour bay on Norderney, teaching windsurf, kite, wing, SUP and surf.
Surfschule Treibgut Lake ConstanceA watersports school on the Allensbach campsite beach teaching wing foiling from May to October, down to one instructor per student.
Surfschule Wasserburg Lake ConstanceA surf school at Wasserburg with a wing foil concept adapted to the lake's lack of thermal wind.
Surfschule am Kniepsand Norddorf AmrumA seasonal surf school on the Kniepsand beach near Norddorf, with near-daily beginner windsurf and kite courses.
Südkap Surfing SyltSüdkap Surfing in Hörnum, on Sylt's south tip, teaches wingsurfing and wing foiling daily.
UP-WIND Kitesurfschule St. Peter-OrdingAn established kite school in St. Peter-Ording that also runs wing foil courses.
VDWS Kiteschule Ostsee Salzhaff – Pepelow & RerikVDWS kite school on the Salzhaff since 1998, with plenty of room for land training in the shallow bay.
VentoSurf Chiemsee – ChiemingA VDWS surf school in Chieming on the east shore of the Chiemsee.
Wassersport Büsum BüsumA Büsum water sports school teaching wing foil in very small groups on the sheltered lagoon, with current premium gear.
Wassersport-Schule List SyltThe List watersports school on Sylt teaches wingsurfing and wing foiling in three-day basic courses.
WindWasserWelle SyltWindWasserWelle on Sylt runs wing foil courses for complete beginners and advanced riders.
Windsurfing Wulfen FehmarnA windsurf school on the Burger Binnensee on Fehmarn that also teaches wing foiling.
Wingcoach Fehmarn FehmarnWingcoach runs beginner, advanced and kids' wing courses and private coaching on Fehmarn.
Wingfoil Surfschule Fehmarn FehmarnGermany's first school specialised in wing foiling, teaching from the Burgtiefe harbour and reaching the spot of the day by boat.
Wingfoil.pro RügenWingfoil.pro teaches wing foil courses at the best spots on Rügen, from basic to advanced and conversion courses.
World of Wind BorkumBorkum school offering kite and beach-sailing courses, with a small shop for gear and accessories.