Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Germany |
Next Big City |
Rostock |
Next Town |
Darss, Wustrow |
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Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
No information |
Water
Type: |
Flat, Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Currents, Wave breaker |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
From flat to waves. Depending on the wind strength and direction. Be careful with wave breakers in the water. Flat between the wave breakers in sideshore winds. In onshore winds quiet some shore break can form. Strong current on SW winds, but nice waves on the sandbar.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
No information |
Beach Users: |
No information |
Long sandy beach. Lots of space.
Weather
Spring:
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Normal |
Summer:
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Shorty, Normal |
Fall:
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Normal |
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: |
N, NNE, SSW, SW, WSW, NNW |
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: SSW, SW, WSW, NNW, N, NNE.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
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No information |
Take A20 and A19 to Rostock. Take exit Rostock-Ost/Stralsund and get onto B105 towards Ribnitz-Damgarten. In Altheide turn left to signposted `Fischland/Darss`. Then follow signs to Wustrow.
Extra information
Lots of wave breakers in the water make it very dangerous to beginners. Only for very experienced kitesurfer in controllable conditions.
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