Checking the wind…
Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.
Cross-current: it pushes you sideways.
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | No-go |
| Wind | 916 | 716 | 613 | 410 | 46 | 59 | 610 | 712 | 612 | 712 | 713 | 915 | 916 | 916 | 916 | 918 | 716 | 918 | 1018 | 919 | 816 | 714 | 713 | 714 | 714 | 513 | 1224 | 422 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 612 | 612 | 713 | 512 | 610 | 611 | 610 | 713 | 717 | 816 | 815 | 921 | 1321 | 1221 | 1119 | 1118 | 1018 | 816 | 713 | 712 | 712 | 711 | 611 | 69 | 69 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 69 | 610 | 610 | 711 | 611 | 610 | 510 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 48 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 24 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 59 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 611 | 711 | 712 | 713 | 612 | 611 | 711 | 712 | 813 | 914 | 914 | 914 | 914 | 914 | 914 | 914 | 68 | 68 | 58 | 57 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 46 | 46 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 46 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 46 |
| Sky | sunny | sunny | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | clear night | clear night | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | rain | rain | rain | rain | rain | rain | rain | rain | rain | thunderstorm | rain | rain | rain | rain | cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | sunny | partly cloudy | cloudy | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | clear night | clear night | cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | clear night | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | 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 | sunny | sunny | sunny | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear night | clear night | clear night | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | clear night | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | sunny | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear night | clear night | clear night |
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| AROME | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Direction | SE | SE | SE | ESE | ESE | ESE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | W | W | W | S | SSE | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | SSE | S | SSE | SSE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SSE | SSE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | S | S | S | S | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | NNW | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | E | N | N | NE | NE | NE | NE | NNE | NNE | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | NNW | NW | W | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | WSW | W | WNW | NNW | N | NNE | NE | ENE | E | E | ESE |
| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waves | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.4 | 0.44 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.6 | 0.66 | 0.7 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.7 | 0.64 | 0.6 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Current | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | slack | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | slack | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | slack | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | slack | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | slack | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | slack | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | slack | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | slack | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | slack |
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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.
When the summer buoys are in place, kiting is only allowed in the 450 m kite zone between the breakwater at Poste Pavois and the sailing lane at Terminus. Outside that zone, a 5-knot speed limit applies all year within 300 m of the shoreline. Source: préfecture maritime, arrêtés 65/2022 and 41/2018.
The open water at Dunkirk (Malo-les-Bains) faces NNW (342°). 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, southwest and west, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the southeast and south, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).