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My Lake

Your lake,beach by beach.

Water at 70 cm, wind and bise at 118 beaches, from Lake Geneva to the lakes of Neuchâtel, Biel, Murten, Gruyère, Sion, Lugano and Maggiore, with a daily verdict: go or no go.

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The CGN paddle steamer Italie on Lake Geneva, mountains behind
The CGN steamer Italie on Lake Geneva. Photo Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Bains des Pâquis12,3°
Lausanne – Vidy9,4°

Try a beach

Water at 12°. Perfect for the brave.

12.3°water8°air6wind km/h
Winter swim PerfectPaddle Good Sailing / wing No
Or try:

How it works

First, pick your beach.

Lausanne – Vidyor the pin: the nearest one
Water9.4°
Wind4 km/h

Then tap an activity.

PaddleGood

Finally, read the verdict and head to the lake.

Today’s verdictone sentence, every morning

Water at 9°. Perfect for the brave.

9.4°water at Vidy118beaches3 hbetween readings

The water this morning

Temperature 70 cm below the surface, beach by beach. On the same lake, the gap often exceeds three degrees.

Geneva harbour and the Jet d’eau seen from the lake
Geneva harbour. Photo Gzzz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

What a weather app won’t tell you

What you want to know
My LakeA general weather appThe official reading
Water at your beach
117 beaches, at 70 cmRarelyOne station, in Geneva
The bise
Detected, with an alertWind, without the nameNo
Swim, paddle, sail
A rating for eachUp to you to guessNo
The next hours
Hour by hour, over 12 hThe raw forecastNo
Where to have a drink after
34 verified placesNoNo
No signal on the beach
Yes, latest dataDepends on the appNo
Account and price
No account, freeOften an accountFree
Swimmers in caps in the lake during the Coupe de Noël in Geneva
The Coupe de Noël, Geneva. Photo GastelEtzwane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Winter too

From October to May, when the water drops below 15°, the app keeps the date of each swim and lets you share your history. The first is the hardest.

3
Winter swim challenge3 swims this season. The swans respect you.
Bains des Pâquis in Geneva, the jetty and its cabins, the Salève in the distance
Bains des Pâquis, Geneva. Photo Babsy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Lake Gruyère in summer, surrounded by meadows and hills, the Fribourg Pre-Alps behind
Lake Gruyère. Photo Jorchr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva, mountains behind
Chillon Castle. Photo Benjamin Gimmel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
The lake at

The app opens on that beach, no account, nothing to install. You can add it to your home screen afterwards.

Photos under CC BY-SA licence, credits below each image.