When is kitesurfing at Berck-sur-Mer dangerous?

With the wind from the east and southeast, it blows offshore at Berck-sur-Mer: you get pushed off the beach onto open water and can't get back if something goes wrong. Offshore wind is always a no-go, however hard it blows. kitesurfing is a no-go in the dark, too.

Which spots are near Berck-sur-Mer?

The nearest spots are Hardelot (24 km), Wimereux (40 km), Wissant (54 km). If the wind is wrong at Berck-sur-Mer, one of these is often safe to ride.

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Berck-sur-Mer

NO-GO

10knSEgusts to 14 kn

Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.

now · modelWindow Thu 08:00–13:00 · 16 kn · light until 19:39

	Tue 29 September							Wed 30 September																								Thu 1 October · coarse model																								Fri 2 October · coarse model																								Sat 3 October · coarse model																								Sun 4 October · coarse model																								Mon 5 October · coarse model
Hour
GO	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Marginal	Marginal	No-go	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Marginal	Go	Go	Marginal	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go
Wind	1014	914	712	79	911	912	1014	1114	1015	1318	1218	1217	1318	1419	1320	1419	1419	1118	1216	1016	913	711	59	88	1219	715	516	56	78	69	911	912	1013	1117	1114	1215	1114	1316	1518	1519	1519	1620	1620	1521	1218	1519	1422	1221	1219	1119	1017	916	815	713	611	59	57	69	59	58	57	57	58	58	68	710	711	711	711	711	610	48	37	36	35	35	35	25	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	34	24	34	35	35	36	47	58	59	610	711	711	612	511	49	26	14	35	47	59	69	58	58	69	610	711	610	69	58	36	35	34	56	810	912	913	912	912	811	711	610	58	47	36	35	34	34	34	45	45	46	46	46	35	24	13	14	35	46	57	68	68	69	69	69
Sky	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	partly cloudy	clear night	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	rain	showers	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	clear night	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear night	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	sunny	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	sunny	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	10	9	7	7	9	9	10	11	10	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	11	12	10	9	7	5	8	12	7	5	5	7	6	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	12	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	10	8	6	5	6	7	6	7	9	11	13	14	15	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	6	5	4	2	1	3	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GFS	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	15	13	9	10	13	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	6	3	4	6	6	8	7	9	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	4	6	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	0	3	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Direction	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	W	WSW	SW	WSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	W	NW	NNW	N	NE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	ENE	NE	N	N	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	E
Kite	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	12m	–	–	–	–	–	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Waves	0.36	0.36	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.36	0.38	0.4	0.42	0.46	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.6	0.6	0.62	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.68	0.74	0.78	0.84	0.9	0.96	0.98	1.02	1.04	1.08	1.1	1.14	1.14	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.06	1.04	1.02	1	0.98	0.94	0.92	0.88	0.84	0.82	0.78	0.76	0.72	0.7	0.68	0.68	0.66	0.66	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.62	0.6	0.6	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.48	0.48	0.46	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.4	0.4	0.38	0.38	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22
Current	slack	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.2	0.6	slack	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.1	1.7	1.2	0.7	slack	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.6	slack	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.5	1.7	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.4	slack	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	slack	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.6	slack	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.5	slack	slack	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	slack	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	slack	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	slack	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	slack	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	slack	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	slack	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.5	slack	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.5
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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Berck-sur-Mer

From 1 June to 30 September inclusive, a 400 m watersports zone lies between avenue du Docteur Quettier and the Institut Calot, reserved for kite, windsurf and light sailing dinghies; the 5-knot limit does not apply there. Elsewhere, a 5-knot speed limit applies all year within 300 m. Source: préfecture maritime, arrêté 49/2010.

Wind directions & safety

The open water at Berck-sur-Mer faces WNW (288°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are southwest, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, northeast and south, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the east and southeast, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).

On this page you'll find the live wind, the hourly forecast and a personal go/no-go for Berck-sur-Mer, plus your ideal kite or wing size, nearby parking and (where available) a live beach webcam. Wind data: AROME and HARMONIE via Open-Meteo.

Spots nearby

Hardelot24 km
Wimereux40 km
Wissant54 km

All spots in the French Channel coast →

Checking the wind…

	Tue 29 September	Wed 30 September	Thu 1 October · coarse model	Fri 2 October · coarse model	Sat 3 October · coarse model	Sun 4 October · coarse model	Mon 5 October · coarse model
GO	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Marginal	Marginal	No-go	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Marginal	Go	Go	Marginal	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go
Wind	1014	914	712	79	911	912	1014	1114	1015	1318	1218	1217	1318	1419	1320	1419	1419	1118	1216	1016	913	711	59	88	1219	715	516	56	78	69	911	912	1013	1117	1114	1215	1114	1316	1518	1519	1519	1620	1620	1521	1218	1519	1422	1221	1219	1119	1017	916	815	713	611	59	57	69	59	58	57	57	58
Sky	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	partly cloudy	clear night	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	rain	showers	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	clear night	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear night	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	10	9	7	7	9	9	10	11	10	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	11	12	10	9	7	5	8	12	7	5	5	7	6	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	12	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	10	8	6	5	6	7	6	7	9	11	13	14	15	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
GFS	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	15	13	9	10	13	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	6	3	4	6	6	8	7	9	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7
Direction	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	W	WSW	SW	WSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Kite	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	12m	–	–	–	–	–	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Waves	0.36	0.36	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.36	0.38	0.4	0.42	0.46	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.6	0.6	0.62	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.68	0.74	0.78	0.84	0.9	0.96	0.98	1.02	1.04	1.08	1.1	1.14	1.14	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.06	1.04	1.02	1	0.98	0.94	0.92	0.88	0.84	0.82
Current	slack	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.2	0.6	slack	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.1	1.7	1.2	0.7	slack	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.6	slack	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.5	1.7	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.4	slack	0.5
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1016

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715

516

911

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1117

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1017

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713

611

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511

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912

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individual models per hour, tap to collapse

AROME

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ICON

–

GFS

Direction

ESE

SSE

WSW

SSE

SSW

WSW

SSE

SSW

WSW

NNW

ESE

SSE

SSW

WSW

WNW

NNE

ENE

NNW

NNE

ENE

ESE

NNE

ENE

Kite

–

12m

–

12m

–

12m

–

12m

–

12m

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Waves

0.36

0.34

0.36

0.38

0.4

0.42

0.46

0.48

0.52

0.54

0.58

0.6

0.62

0.64

0.68

0.74

0.78

0.84

0.9

0.96

0.98

1.02

1.04

1.08

1.1

1.14

1.16

1.14

1.12

1.1

1.06

1.04

1.02

0.98

0.94

0.92

0.88

0.84

0.82

0.78

0.76

0.72

0.7

0.68

0.66

0.64

0.62

0.6

0.58

0.56

0.54

0.52

0.5

0.48

0.46

0.44

0.42

0.4

0.38

0.36

0.34

0.32

0.3

0.28

0.26

0.24

0.22

Current

slack

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.3

1.0

1.9

2.1

1.7

1.2

0.6

slack

0.6

0.8

0.9

0.6

0.5

1.5

2.1

1.7

1.2

0.7

slack

0.5

0.9

1.1

0.9

0.5

1.0

1.7

1.1

0.6

slack

0.5

0.9

1.1

1.0

0.5

0.6

1.5

1.7

1.2

0.8

0.3

0.8

1.0

1.1

1.0

0.8

0.3

1.0

1.6

1.3

0.8

0.4

slack

0.5

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.8

1.5

1.0

0.5

slack

0.4

0.8

1.0

0.8

0.6

slack

1.0

1.2

0.9

0.5

slack

0.6

0.9

0.8

0.3

0.4

1.0

0.9

0.5

0.3

slack

0.5

1.0

0.7

slack

0.6

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.4

slack

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.8

0.6

0.4

slack

0.3

0.8

0.7

slack

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.5

slack

0.3

0.5

0.6

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