When is kitesurfing at Wissant dangerous?

With the wind from the southeast, it blows offshore at Wissant: you get pushed off the beach onto open water and can't get back if something goes wrong. Offshore wind is always a no-go, however hard it blows. kitesurfing is a no-go in the dark, too.

Which spots are near Wissant?

The nearest spots are Wimereux (14 km), Hardelot (30 km), Berck-sur-Mer (54 km). If the wind is wrong at Wissant, one of these is often safe to ride.

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Wissant

NO-GO

10knSEgusts to 15 kn

Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.

Current with the wind: harder to stay upwind.

now · modelWindow Thu 10:00–19:00 · 16 kn · light until 19:38

	Tue 29 September							Wed 30 September																								Thu 1 October · coarse model																								Fri 2 October · coarse model																								Sat 3 October · coarse model																								Sun 4 October · coarse model																								Mon 5 October · coarse model
Hour
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	Marginal	Marginal	Marginal	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	Go	Marginal	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	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
Wind	1015	1116	1017	714	811	912	1114	1115	1318	1419	1319	1318	1520	1621	1622	1423	1520	1623	1424	1420	1020	1014	1015	714	713	1320	616	510	810	911	912	1013	1014	1014	914	712	912	912	1825	1623	1320	1419	1417	1620	1620	1419	1523	1522	1522	1422	1320	1219	1218	1017	915	813	712	610	69	68	710	710	711	611	710	811	811	913	913	913	913	813	712	510	37	25	25	35	45	45	45	35	35	35	35	35	45	35	35	34	34	36	58	710	811	812	812	813	712	512	311	310	610	711	812	813	913	812	812	913	913	1014	710	811	811	811	811	710	710	710	710	69	58	46	35	23	12	12	12	23	23	34	34	24	24	24	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	22	22	23	23	24	35	45	46
Sky	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	showers	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear night	clear night	cloudy	clear night	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	cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly 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	sunny	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	clear night	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	10	11	10	7	8	9	11	11	13	14	13	13	15	16	16	14	15	16	14	14	10	10	10	7	7	13	6	5	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	18	16	13	14	14	16	16	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	8	8	6	6	8	8	9	10	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	15	13	12	12	11	8	10	7	6	7	9	10	9	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	10	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	5	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	8	8	8	8	7	5	3	3	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GFS	7	6	7	6	8	9	9	11	12	13	16	16	18	14	14	11	16	16	16	16	13	11	11	12	10	10	6	7	8	9	8	7	7	6	7	10	10	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	15	15	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	9	10	9	8	7	5	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Direction	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	SE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE
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	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.32	0.34	0.36	0.38	0.42	0.44	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.58	0.62	0.66	0.7	0.72	0.72	0.74	0.76	0.76	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.76	0.74	0.72	0.7	0.66	0.64	0.62	0.6	0.58	0.6	0.64	0.66	0.7	0.76	0.8	0.82	0.86	0.88	0.92	0.94	0.98	1.02	1.04	1.08	1.08	1.06	1.06	1.04	1	0.98	0.94	0.9	0.86	0.82	0.76	0.72	0.68	0.66	0.62	0.6	0.58	0.56	0.54	0.54	0.52	0.5	0.5	0.48	0.48	0.46	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.42	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.3	0.3	0.28	0.28	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14
Current	0.7	slack	1.2	1.9	2.0	1.6	0.4	1.5	3.0	3.7	3.1	2.3	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.7	3.5	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.9	3.2	3.3	2.6	1.7	0.8	slack	1.2	1.9	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.7	0.3	1.3	2.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	slack	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.1	2.3	2.5	1.9	1.1	0.4	slack	0.9	1.6	1.9	1.7	1.0	slack	1.5	2.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	slack	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.8	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.6	1.1	0.6	slack	0.6	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.1	1.4	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.5	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.1	1.9	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	slack	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	slack
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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Wissant

In July and August, rigging, launching and landing are banned in the boat lane at rue Arlette Davids, in the swimming zone and in the 50 m buffer zones next to them; there you may only ride beyond 300 m. Kite to the northeast of the swimming zone, towards Blanc-Nez. Outside kite zones and kite lanes, a 5-knot speed limit applies within 300 m of the shoreline. Source: Wissant municipality, arrêté 2024-AODP-82, art. 8; préfecture maritime, arrêté 93/2022.

Wind directions & safety

The open water at Wissant faces NW (311°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the northeast, east, south and southwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the southeast, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).

On this page you'll find the live wind, the hourly forecast and a personal go/no-go for Wissant, plus your ideal kite or wing size, nearby parking and (where available) a live beach webcam. Wind data: AROME and HARMONIE via Open-Meteo.

Spots nearby

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	Tue 29 September	Wed 30 September	Thu 1 October · coarse model	Fri 2 October · coarse model	Sat 3 October · coarse model	Sun 4 October · coarse model	Mon 5 October · coarse model
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	Marginal	Marginal	Marginal	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	Go	Marginal	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	Go	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
Wind	1015	1116	1017	714	811	912	1114	1115	1318	1419	1319	1318	1520	1621	1622	1423	1520	1623	1424	1420	1020	1014	1015	714	713	1320	616	510	810	911	912	1013	1014	1014	914	712	912	912	1825	1623	1320	1419	1417	1620	1620	1419	1523	1522	1522	1422	1320	1219	1218	1017	915	813	712	610	69	68	710	710	711
Sky	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	showers	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear night	clear night	cloudy	clear night
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	10	11	10	7	8	9	11	11	13	14	13	13	15	16	16	14	15	16	14	14	10	10	10	7	7	13	6	5	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	18	16	13	14	14	16	16	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	8	8	6	6	8	8	9	10	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	15	13	12	12	11	8	10	7	6	7	9	10	9	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	10	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
GFS	7	6	7	6	8	9	9	11	12	13	16	16	18	14	14	11	16	16	16	16	13	11	11	12	10	10	6	7	8	9	8	7	7	6	7	10	10	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	15	15	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	8
Direction	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S
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	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.32	0.34	0.36	0.38	0.42	0.44	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.58	0.62	0.66	0.7	0.72	0.72	0.74	0.76	0.76	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.76	0.74	0.72	0.7	0.66	0.64	0.62	0.6	0.58	0.6	0.64	0.66	0.7	0.76	0.8	0.82	0.86	0.88	0.92	0.94	0.98	1.02	1.04	1.08	1.08	1.06	1.06	1.04	1	0.98	0.94	0.9	0.86	0.82	0.76	0.72	0.68	0.66
Current	0.7	slack	1.2	1.9	2.0	1.6	0.4	1.5	3.0	3.7	3.1	2.3	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.7	3.5	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.9	3.2	3.3	2.6	1.7	0.8	slack	1.2	1.9	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.7	0.3	1.3	2.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	slack
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1825

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Sky

individual models per hour, tap to collapse

AROME

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ICON

–

GFS

Direction

SSE

SSW

SSE

WSW

SSW

SSE

SSW

SSE

SSW

WSW

WNW

NNE

ENE

SSW

WSW

WNW

WSW

WNW

NNW

NNE

ENE

ESE

Kite

–

12m

–

12m

–

12m

–

Waves

0.34

0.32

0.34

0.36

0.38

0.42

0.44

0.48

0.52

0.54

0.58

0.62

0.66

0.7

0.72

0.74

0.76

0.78

0.76

0.74

0.72

0.7

0.66

0.64

0.62

0.6

0.58

0.6

0.64

0.66

0.7

0.76

0.8

0.82

0.86

0.88

0.92

0.94

0.98

1.02

1.04

1.08

1.06

1.04

0.98

0.94

0.9

0.86

0.82

0.76

0.72

0.68

0.66

0.62

0.6

0.58

0.56

0.54

0.52

0.5

0.48

0.46

0.44

0.42

0.4

0.38

0.36

0.34

0.32

0.3

0.28

0.26

0.24

0.22

0.2

0.18

0.16

0.14

Current

0.7

slack

1.2

1.9

2.0

1.6

0.4

1.5

3.0

3.7

3.1

2.3

1.4

0.4

0.6

1.4

1.8

1.7

0.8

2.7

3.7

3.5

2.6

1.7

0.8

0.3

1.2

1.8

1.9

1.2

0.3

1.9

3.2

3.3

2.6

1.7

0.8

slack

1.2

1.9

2.3

1.9

1.0

0.7

2.2

2.8

2.2

1.4

0.5

0.4

1.2

2.0

2.5

1.7

0.3

1.3

2.4

2.3

1.5

0.8

slack

0.5

1.3

1.8

1.9

1.5

0.4

1.1

2.3

2.5

1.9

1.1

0.4

slack

0.9

1.6

1.9

1.7

1.0

slack

1.5

2.1

1.8

1.1

0.6

slack

0.5

1.2

1.7

1.8

1.4

0.5

0.7

1.6

1.1

0.6

slack

0.6

1.4

2.1

2.3

2.1

1.4

0.3

0.8

1.3

1.2

0.9

0.6

0.3

1.0

1.5

1.6

1.3

0.6

0.4

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.4

1.0

1.7

2.1

1.9

1.5

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.8

0.4

0.3

1.0

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.0

slack

0.7

0.9

0.6

slack

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