Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Germany |
Next Big City |
Kiel |
Next Town |
Eckernfoerde |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rescue, Toilet, Food, Parking |
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Water
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
Wave breaker |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Flat to choppy water. With Easterly winds nice waves can break on the sand bar about 50m from shore. Shallow at the sandbar. Wave breakers in short distances.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Small |
Hazards: |
Stones, Bystanders |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Small sandy beach with grassy rigging areas. Best part of the beach with less stones is to the East.
Weather
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Spring:
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Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Fall:
|
Normal |
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Winter:
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Thick |
Summer is nice and warm. High season a short is ok, a few weeks with just shorts is possible. Usually a wetsuit is always needed. Water max 22°C in summer, normally around 15°C. Winter gets cold, but a thick wetsuit, gloves, mask and shoes make kiting almost year-round possible. Air: summer between 20-30°C, spring and fall around 15°C.
Wind
Best Months: |
March, April, May, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
ENE, E |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Best winds in fall to spring. Can be any force with depressions (mainly Westerlies). Summer lighter winds. Best wind directions: E, ENE.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
From Eckernfoerde take the B203 towards Kappeln and exit at Loose. Drive through Ludwigsburg and behind Kummerteich turn right to Lehmbergstrand. Follow the road to Langholz, and stay on the road until you reach the beach and the parking on a meadow. Rig here.
Extra information
Rules |
None |
Watch out for the wave breakers.
Nightlife
No nightlife.