Checking the wind…
Wadden Islands
Now, cross-onshore. Your 12m. Good chance of perfect.
Best chance this week: Monday 9-18h, up to 16 kn.
Your 12m. Good chance of perfect.
Tide barely matters here · high 00:38 · low 18:57
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| Wind | 1417 | 1317 | 1518 | 1218 | 1215 | 1014 | 1013 | 1013 | 1014 | 712 | 810 | 911 | 811 | 811 | 510 | 57 | 68 | 69 | 79 | 811 | 812 | 912 | 912 | 1014 | 1014 | 1015 | 913 | 1014 | 714 | 59 | 46 | 46 | 57 | 47 | 68 | 79 | 811 | 811 | 913 | 913 | 913 | 912 | 912 | 913 | 914 | 914 | 1014 | 1015 | 1117 | 1217 | 1217 | 1117 | 915 | 914 | 813 | 1015 | 714 | 711 | 812 | 813 | 812 | 712 | 610 | 69 | 69 | 59 | 47 | 46 | 36 | 57 | 69 | 68 | 610 | 711 | 812 | 913 | 913 | 913 | 913 | 913 | 1014 | 1014 | 1015 | 1015 | 1116 | 1117 | 1218 | 1218 | 1318 | 1218 | 1318 | 1420 | 1522 | 1624 | 1624 | 1623 | 1623 | 1522 | 1522 | 1421 | 1320 | 1219 | 1118 | 1016 | 1015 | 1014 | 1015 | 1116 | 1116 | 1116 | 1116 | 1016 | 1015 | 1014 | 913 | 710 | 811 | 812 | 812 | 912 | 812 | 912 | 912 | 912 | 811 | 811 | 710 | 811 | 912 | 913 | 1013 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1013 | 1013 | 912 | 912 | 711 | 611 | 711 | 711 | 611 | 611 | 510 | 59 | 69 | 813 | 1319 | 1722 | 1622 | 1420 | 1418 |
| Sky | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear night | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | clear night | sunny | sunny | sunny | cloudy | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | sunny | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear night | clear night | clear night | sunny | sunny | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | rain | rain | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | showers | showers | showers | rain | rain | rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | rain | rain | rain | partly cloudy | partly cloudy | partly cloudy |
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| AROME | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HARMONIE | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Direction | W | W | W | WNW | W | WNW | W | W | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | SW | SSW | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WNW | N | N | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NW | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | 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 | SW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | W | WNW | NW | NW | NNW | NW | NW | NW | NNW | N | N | N | NNW | NW |
| Kite | 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 |
| Waves | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.3 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.4 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.4 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.6 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.9 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.8 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.7 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.32 |
| Current | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | slack | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | slack | slack | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | slack | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | slack | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | slack | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | slack | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | slack | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | slack | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | slack | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | slack | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | slack | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
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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.
Vlieland is kitesurfing on a car-light island: you get there by boat from Harlingen, and the beach by the Badhuys is nearly always empty. The reward for the journey is a wide, wild North Sea beach with waves and zero hassle. Pack your gear compact and give yourself plenty of margin for the boat back, because this is not a spot for a rushed session.
The open water at Vlieland faces NNW (335°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, northeast, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the east and southwest, 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).