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Continent:	Europe
Country:	Germany
Next Big City (Airport):	Hamburg, Luebeck
Next Town:	Haffkrug
Latitude:	54.0517
Longitude:	10.7535
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing	Features: - Rooms - Rescue - Toilet - Food - Parking

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Chop - Small Wave (< 1m)	Hazards: - Wave Breakers / Groynes

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - Tide Independent

Flat to choppy water. With onshore winds smaller waves, which can get a decent size in stronger winds. Shallow for about 100m. Small wave breaker.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	- Other	Beach crowds: - July - August

Wide sandy beach, quiet long. Very packed in summer with lots of beach chairs.

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Weather

Spring:	- Normal Wetsuit	Summer: - Shorty - Normal Wetsuit

Fall:	- Normal Wetsuit	Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit

Summer is nice and warm. High season a shorty 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.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	No Information	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- NE - ENE - E - ESE - SE	Main Direction: - SW - WSW - W - WNW - NW

Westerly winds with depressions. Summer lighter. Nice NE and E winds in summer, but not very often. Best in easterlies. Sideshore NNE and SSW.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

Take A1 from Hamburg to Luebeck, pass Luebeck and exit A1 on signs to Haffkrug and drive to the beach. About 80km from Hamburg.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Restricted Zones
- Fees

Very packed in summer, should be avoided. During season swimming zone and fees to access the beach.

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Nightlife Small nightlife in Timmendorfer Strand (about 10 min drive).

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