Checking the wind…
Belgian coast
Offshore wind. Too dangerous.
Water 10 °C · 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit
Best chance this week: Thursday 8-18h, up to 28 kn.
Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.
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| AROME | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HARMONIE | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 42 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Direction | S | S | S | S | SE | ESE | E | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | W | W | WNW | W | W | W | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | W | WSW | WSW | SSW | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | S | S | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NNE | NNE | NNE | NNE | N | N | N | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW |
| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waves | 0.567s | 0.547s | 0.527s | 0.57s | 0.487s | 0.467s | 0.447s | 0.427s | 0.427s | 0.46s | 0.46s | 0.386s | 0.386s | 0.366s | 0.346s | 0.326s | 0.36s | 0.35s | 0.325s | 0.324s | 0.364s | 0.423s | 0.463s | 0.463s | 0.463s | 0.463s | 0.463s | 0.483s | 0.483s | 0.53s | 0.543s | 0.564s | 0.624s | 0.74s | 0.764s | 0.84s | 0.844s | 0.884s | 0.984s | 1.064s | 1.165s | 1.225s | 1.285s | 1.345s | 1.36s | 1.266s | 1.226s | 1.26s | 1.186s | 1.165s | 1.145s | 1.16s | 1.086s | 1.046s | 16s | 0.966s | 0.926s | 0.866s | 0.826s | 0.786s | 0.766s | 0.726s | 0.746s | 0.766s | 0.786s | 0.746s | 0.76s | 0.667s | 0.726s | 0.86s | 0.865s | 0.985s | 1.085s | 1.25s | 1.25s | 1.225s | 1.225s | 1.245s | 1.286s | 1.36s | 1.266s | 1.246s | 1.25s | 1.225s | 1.265s | 1.285s | 1.265s | 1.225s | 1.26s | 1.185s | 1.185s | 1.165s | 1.165s | 1.165s | 1.165s | 1.165s | 1.165s | 1.165s | 1.125s | 1.085s | 1.045s | 15s | 0.945s | 0.95s | 0.925s | 0.965s | 0.985s | 15s | 15s | 1.025s | 0.985s | 0.965s | 0.925s | 0.945s | 0.965s | 0.985s | 0.985s | 0.985s | 0.985s | 0.985s | 0.985s | 0.985s | 0.945s | 0.885s | 0.845s | 0.845s | 0.845s | 0.845s | 0.95s | 0.985s | 1.045s | 1.085s | 1.145s | 1.186s | 1.186s | 1.166s | 1.166s | 1.146s | 1.146s | 1.126s | 1.15s | 1.065s | 1.045s | 1.025s | 15s | 0.985s | 0.965s | 0.966s | 0.946s | 0.926s | 0.96s | 0.886s | 0.866s | 0.826s | 0.86s | 0.786s |
| Current | slack | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | slack | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | slack | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | slack | slack | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | slack | slack | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | slack | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | slack | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | slack | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | slack | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | slack | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | slack | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | slack | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | slack | slack | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | slack | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | slack | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | slack | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | slack | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | slack | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
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Log your sessions; that is how Windulu gets to know you.
The advice is a tool. You remain responsible for your own safety.
Duinbergen, the resort between Heist and Knokke, has the longest launch zone in Knokke-Heist, 350 metres running east from the Majoor Quaillestraat. According to the MDK agency's plan you share it with windsurfers, surfers, paddleboarders and catamarans, and there is a swimming area on both sides, with strips for motorboats and e-foils in between on the west side, so stay well inside the boundaries on a busy day. The beach faces almost due north, so north is straight onshore and north-west and north-east come in side-on, while west and east blow cross-shore and anything with south in it comes off the land. A north-easterly, which blows along the beach in Zeebrugge, is actually usable here.
Kitesurfing only in the 350 m launch zone at RBSC Duinbergen. Wing zone not designated, check with the club. Source: MDK launch-zone plan.
The open water at Duinbergen faces N (352°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, northeast and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the east, southeast, southwest and west, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the south, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).