There are substantial tourist facilities: several bathing beaches - on the western shore also one suitable for the disabled, a circular hiking trail, a ship restaurant,[3] the restaurant Rotes Haus (in English: Red House, formerly the control center of the opencast mine) and other restaurants and snack bars, a camping site, a sauna, a high ropes course, a sledding hill, diving, sailing, boating and surfing opportunities.

In 2003, the association outsourced the operation of the lake to an external private business agency - LeipzigSeen GmbH based in Leipzig.

A small chapel, an airplane wreck and a set up scaffolding that were formerly sunk by the Bundeswehr for training purposes.

The Kulkwitzer See is home to various types of fish such as perch, pike, catfish, carp, roach, eel, ruff and tench.

The Kulkwitzer See is easily accessible by public transport: Bundesstraße 87 runs on the north side of the lake.