Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Chałupy

According to the Pomorskie regional tourism portal, Chałupy is a small village between Władysławowo and Kuźnica that turns into one big campsite in summer and a meeting place for swimmers and kitesurfers. The beach on the bay side looks south-west across the inner Puck Bay, so south-south-west to west-south-west is onshore and south and west come in side-on, while south-east and north-west blow cross-shore along the coast. In a north-easterly the wind blows off the peninsula, and although the bay is shallow and closed on three sides, you would then drift for kilometres across open water, so Windulu gives a no-go. Tide plays no meaningful part in the Baltic. Windulu does not show live data here yet, so you decide on the forecast.

Kiting is allowed on the inner Puck Bay. Within 185 m of the shore do not plane, and go out and come back in slowly; at a lifeguarded bathing beach only via the marked lane, and keep 50 m from swimmers and fishing gear. From 1 July to 31 October inclusive the strip over the Rybitwia Mielizna (Ryf Mew) is off-limits. Source: Urząd Morski w Gdyni, zarządzenie porządkowe nr 5/2014.

Wind directions & safety

The open water at Chałupy faces SW (218°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are south, southwest and west (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, east, southeast and northwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the northeast, 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 Chałupy, plus your ideal kite or wing size and (where available) a live beach webcam. Wind data: DMI HARMONIE via Open-Meteo.