Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Belgium |
Next Big City |
Brussels |
Next Town |
Oostende |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Toilet, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
No information |
Quality: |
Cloudy |
Best Tide: |
No information |
North Sea. Medium waves with stronger winds. On low tide also flat and choppy and shallow areas.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
No information |
Beach Users: |
No information |
Long beach and dunes, lots of space.
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Spring:
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Normal, Thick |
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Summer:
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Shorty |
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Fall:
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Normal, Thick |
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Winter:
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Thick |
Fun in fall and spring with 5/3 wetsuit, in summer you can wear shorty, summer wetsuit etc. Surfing the whole year possible, but temps can get below zero. Water temp. 2°C in cold wintertime and 22°C in hot summertime.
Best Months: |
March, April, May, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
N, NNE, NE, SW, WSW, W |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Depression winds, in summer we can have a sea breeze when hot. In fall and spring we have an average of 10 good days a month with good wind direction and speed). When the direction is offshore we go to France or the Netherlands (1 hour driving). Best wind conditions in spring and fall. In summer you can ride bigger gear. Best with SW, W, N and NE directions.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
Brussels Airport. Take the road between De Haan and Oostende, stop at the lifeguard post nr.1.
Rules |
Zones |
Surf at the surf club only.
