Heist VVW ( ID heist_vvw )      Hits: 575
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Continent: Europe Country: Belgium Next Big City (Airport):  Brussels, Brugge Next Town: Heist Latitude:   51.3424 Longitude: 3.242 Edit or submit information Type: - Ocean Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert Good for: - Kitesurfing - Windsurfing Features: - Rescue - Shower - Toilet
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Near Beaches Heist (0.58 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Duinbergen (1.7 km) Best Direction: SW WSW W Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Knokke-Heist (4.02 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) River Woods Beach Club Zoute (5.02 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Zeebrugge (5.07 km) Best Direction: W Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Rustyhouse (5.2 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Blankenberge (7.82 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
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Water Type: - Flat - Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) Hazards: No Information Quality: - Cloudy Best Tide: No Information All kind of conditions from flat to waves. Waves are regularly between 20cm and 150cm. There's a difference of 200m between high tide and low tide. No obstacles on the beach or in the water. Stay out of the swimming zones. Edit
Beach
Type: - Sand Size: - Big Hazards: No Information Beach crowds: No Information
Big sandy beach, there's enough space for a lot of people to safely launch their kite. The sand is very soft, no rocks, no obstacles. Small shells can appear when low tide. There is a lot of space foreseen for water sports. Edit
Weather
Spring: - Normal Wetsuit Summer: - Shorts - Shorty Fall: - Normal Wetsuit Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit
Temperatures can vary from -5°C in winter to 32°C in summer. Most of the time you need a wetsuit. The season starts beginning of April to end of November, some guys sail all year round. Water temp: summer: 22°C, winter about 6°C. Edit
Wind
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Best Months:	- March - April - May - September - October - November	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds
Best Direction:	No Information	Main Direction: - SW - WSW - W - WNW - NW

Depressions needed for good winds. Sometimes in the beginning of the season sort of thermal winds from the NNE sector. Wind directions work from SW to NW to NE.

Edit  How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access: No Information

From Brussels: follow the E40 to Brugge, then follow the N41 to Zeebrugge, leave Zeebrugge at your left hand and continue direction Heist. When you arrive in Heist, search for the "Heldenplein" at your left hand situated near the beach. From the "Heldenplein" go left and within 50 meters you'll find the beach!

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- Restricted Zones - Time Restrictions

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