Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Russia |
Next Big City |
Kaliningrad |
Next Town |
Nida (Lithuania), Morskoye |
Type: |
Ocean, Lake |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Food, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
The spot represents a sand bar of 1-2 km width. On one side Baltic sea with waves of 0.5-1m in North/West wind. On the other side Kurshsky bay with flat water.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
June, July, August |
Long sand beach on the sea with little people in May and September, more crowded in June to August. Suitable for kiting on the whole sandbar. On the gulfside certain sand spots of about 30-50 m width. Good beach only in Morskoye.
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Spring:
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Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorts, Shorty, Normal |
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Fall:
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Normal |
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Winter:
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Thick |
Often rains, cold up to middle of May (below 15°C) and from October on. Water starts to get warm from June. In the middle of May the water has 12°C in the sea and about 14°C in the gulf.
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
No information |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Windy 4-14 m/s. The long peninsula makes a curve, so in the North West wind will be onshore and further south NW on the ocean side. On the Kurshsky Bay E winds will be onshore in the North and SE in the South.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
From Moscow fly to Kaliningrad, 1h drive to Kurshskaya Kosa (Kurshskaya Bar).
Rules |
Other |
Natural reserve, no open fires allowed.