Checking the wind…
North Holland
Dark.
Best chance this week: Monday 10-14h, up to 13 kn.
Cross-offshore wind. Only with rescue or experience.
Current with the wind: harder to stay upwind.
Tide barely matters here · high 07:22 · low 02:44
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| Wind | 47 | 912 | 1013 | 1013 | 713 | 912 | 1319 | 1320 | 1117 | 1120 | 1013 | 712 | 910 | 912 | 912 | 1012 | 1113 | 914 | 1012 | 1214 | 1115 | 1014 | 812 | 1013 | 912 | 711 | 59 | 810 | 810 | 79 | 89 | 410 | 79 | 79 | 811 | 610 | 79 | 911 | 911 | 1012 | 1114 | 1215 | 715 | 1012 | 912 | 912 | 712 | 610 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 58 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 710 | 710 | 812 | 811 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 711 | 711 | 610 | 68 | 69 | 710 | 710 | 811 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 712 | 611 | 410 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 49 | 59 | 610 | 710 | 811 | 812 | 913 | 812 | 711 | 710 | 610 | 710 | 710 | 811 | 913 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1115 | 1116 | 1217 | 1318 | 1218 | 1218 | 1117 | 1117 | 1016 | 915 | 914 | 813 | 712 | 711 | 711 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 711 | 711 | 710 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 59 | 48 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 35 | 35 |
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| AROME | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HARMONIE | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Direction | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SE | SE | SSE | SSE | S | WSW | W | WNW | W | W | W | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WNW | WNW | WSW | WSW | SSW | S | SSE | S | S | S | SSE | SSE | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | W | NW | N | NNE | ENE | ENE |
| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waves | 0.3 | 0.34 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.6 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Current | 0.5 | slack | slack | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | slack | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | slack | slack | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | slack | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | slack | slack | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | slack | slack | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | slack | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | slack | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | slack | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | slack | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | slack | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | slack | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | slack | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | slack | 0.9 |
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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.
The southern launch by the beach pavilions, right next to the Noordpier, has been one of the most popular kitesurfing spots in North Holland for years. The pier gives the wind field and the waves here their own character, and the KNMI station on the pier measures practically on the spot. Expect an active local crew and crowds the moment there is wind.
The open water at Wijk aan Zee faces WNW (292°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, southwest, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the northeast and south, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the east and southeast, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).