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Continent:	Europe
Country:	Germany
Next Big City (Airport):	Rostock, Berlin
Next Town:	Peenemuende, Karlshagen
Latitude:	54.1202
Longitude:	13.8452
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Intermediate - Expert

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

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Near Beaches
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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m)	Hazards: No Information

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - Tide Independent

Choppy water. Shallow on the sandbar. The stronger the winds the better the waves. In strong winds (NE) nice waves can form on the sandbar with up to 2m. Further outside even bigger. Swimming zone marked with white buoys.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Big

Hazards:	- None	Beach crowds: - July - August

Nice sandy beach. About 25m wide and very long. Packed in summer.

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Weather

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

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

Summer nice and warm. Usually a wetsuit is always needed, but high summer just shorts on warm days. Water can get up to 22°C. Fall and spring a thick wetsuit is needed, winter cold but possible to surf.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	No Information	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	No Information	Main Direction: - SW - WSW - W - WNW - NW

Summer has lighter winds. Nice NE winds with sun possible, but normally lighter. Fall to spring mainly westerlies, but also North possible. ENE exactly onshore.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Medium Walk

Get to the island Usedom thru Wolgast on B111. After about 12 km on Usedom turn left onto L264 towards Karslhagen and Peenemuende. In Karlshagen get to the beach.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Restricted Zones

Don't kite in the swimmer's zone. Packed in summer, better to go a bit further North to Peenemuende instead.

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Nightlife No nightlife.

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