Checking the wind…
Belgian coast
Dark.
Best chance this week: Thursday 8-20h, up to 25 kn.
Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.
Cross-current: it pushes you sideways.
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| Wind | 67 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 46 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 37 | 25 | 33 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 57 | 47 | 57 | 46 | 58 | 48 | 07 | 57 | 57 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 35 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 57 | 58 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 711 | 711 | 711 | 611 | 49 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 57 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 58 | 48 | 48 | 58 | 58 | 68 | 58 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 35 | 69 | 912 | 1218 | 1624 | 1928 | 2030 | 1931 | 1931 | 1930 | 2029 | 2129 | 1520 | 1520 | 1621 | 1621 | 1622 | 1723 | 1824 | 2026 | 2129 | 2231 | 2433 | 2535 | 2535 | 2435 | 2435 | 2435 | 2435 | 2535 | 2435 | 2434 | 2333 | 2434 | 2536 | 2536 | 2436 | 2334 | 2132 | 2030 | 1827 | 1725 | 1724 | 1623 | 1522 | 1420 | 1218 | 1116 | 1116 | 1217 | 1418 | 1519 | 1519 | 1520 | 1622 | 1824 | 1925 | 1925 | 1825 | 1724 | 1722 | 1520 | 1319 |
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| AROME | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HARMONIE | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| Direction | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | NW | NW | NNW | N | NNE | NNE | NNE | NE | NNE | NE | E | SE | SE | ESE | ESE | SE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SE | ENE | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNE | WNW | WNW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NNW | N | NNE | NE | ENE | SE | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | WSW | NW | NNE | NNE | NNE | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | W | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW |
| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m |
| Waves | 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 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 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 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.3 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.2 | 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 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.1 | 1.16 | 1.2 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.3 | 1.34 | 1.36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.4 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.44 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.1 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.9 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.9 | 0.94 | 1 | 1.04 |
| Current | 0.9 | 0.5 | slack | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | slack | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | slack | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | slack | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | slack | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | slack | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | slack | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | slack | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | slack | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | slack | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | slack | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | slack | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | slack | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | slack | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | slack | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | slack | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | slack | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | slack | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
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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.
Kitesurfing only in the 305 m launch zone between the Parkstraat and the Anemonenlaan (VVW Heist). Wing zone not designated, check with the club. Source: MDK launch-zone plan.
The open water at Heist (Knokke-Heist) faces NNW (344°). 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).