De Haan ( ID de_haan )      Hits: 764
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Continent: Europe Country: Belgium Next Big City (Airport):  Brugge Next Town: Blankenberge, De Haan Latitude:   51.2797 Longitude: 3.0322 Edit or submit information Type: - Ocean Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert Good for: - Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing Features: - Shower - Food - Parking
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Near Beaches Wenduine (3.77 km) Best Direction: WSW Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Bredene (4.58 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE SW WSW W Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Blankenberge (8.42 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Oostende (10.67 km) Best Direction: SW WSW W Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Rustyhouse (11.02 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Zeebrugge (11.15 km) Best Direction: W Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Heist (15.65 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
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Water Type: - Shallow - Flat - Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m) Hazards: - Currents Quality: - Cloudy Best Tide: - Coming Tide - Falling Tide Choppy North Sea, remarkable difference between high and low tide, there can be a lot of current with high tide. In between high and low tide you have flat water and you come full speed in to the waves (max 4 m waves). The waves are there but it isn't a swell. Edit
Beach
Type: - Sand Size: - Big Hazards: - Shells Beach crowds: - July - August
Nice big soft white sanded beach, in summer it can be crowded but then we surf at the sail club. At some places you can have some shells. Very good space too launch and land your kite but in summertime I wouldn't recommend it to learn because of the crowded beach with a lot of curious people (and kids). Edit
Weather
Spring: - Normal Wetsuit Summer: - Shorts - Shorty Fall: - Normal Wetsuit Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit
Water is max 23°C in hot summer until 3°C in cold winter. In summer air temp can be 30°C in winter -10°C. North and East winds feel colder. A wetsuit is a must in winter, spring and fall. A shorty can do it in summer, maybe even shorts and a lycra. Edit
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Best Months:	- March - April - May - September - October - November	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds
Best Direction:	- WSW	Main Direction: - SW - WSW - W - WNW - NW

Depression winds, in hot summer sometimes thermal sea breezes. In good months we can go 15 times, 1 out of 2 days, bad months 1 out of 10 days. A lot of the time we kite with big gear but when there are depressions it can be really nuking. Usual and best direction: sideshore WSW. Other good directions are W, WNW, NE.

Edit  How to get there

Transport:

- Car - Train

Access: - Short Walk

E40, Jabbeke, De Haan, beach with big parking. There is a coast train you can use to reach several spots in Belgium.

Edit  Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Restricted Zones - Time Restrictions

In summer you have a swimmer area so you have to kite at the sail club.

Edit  Nightlife In De Haan we have a bar called De Torre, good fun and not to far from the beach, next to the tram station in the town center.

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