Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Netherlands |
Next Big City |
Amsterdam, Rotterdam |
Next Town |
Bruinisse, Oude Tonge |
|
Type: |
Lake |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Water
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop |
Hazards: |
Wave breaker |
Quality: |
Cloudy |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Big salt water lake, no waves, water is fairly choppy most of the time, it is waist deep for about 100-150m offshore. You can see where it becomes deep by the buoy line, after this you can't stand anymore.
Beach
Type: |
Grass |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Rocks |
Beach Users: |
None |
Fairly large grass strip, which is easy to reach via the parking lot (it's next to it). At the waters edge there are rocks (wear shoes!). The grass allows to launch safely, in most wind directions. Some areas with small piece of grass, sharp rock and then the water with the same sharp rocks on the bottom.
Weather
Spring:
|
Normal |
Summer:
|
Shorty |
Fall:
|
Normal |
Winter:
|
Thick |
Cold after summer (mid-October): water 8°C, air: 6-12°C. Summer (May till August): water 14-19°C, air: 14-25°C. So a wetsuit is highly recommended.
Wind
Best Months: |
March, April, May, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
W, WNW, NW |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Good constant winds (not like at sea, but fairly good) when wind is blowing from West over North till East. From southern directions however the wind is blowing over an elevation, so this causes it to be gusty and shifty. Windspeeds avg: 6-20 knots. (25 knots on `good` days).
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
|
No walk |
Take a map of the Netherlands, and find the Grevelingendam on it, near Bruinisse, when your on this road exit it at sign `Strand Grevelingendam`.
Extra information
You must take the spot most on the east side to kitesurf, this is to keep the windsurfers and kitesurfers out of each other. Also there's a small bay at the spot, it isn't allowed to kitesurf here so don't do it. I think kitesurfing isn't officially allowed anyway, so if something happens the spot is history for kiters.
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