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Braye Beach Alderney kitesurf and wingfoil spot

Guernsey

Spot currently openAdvanced level 49.72 | -2.2

Overview

  • Kitesurf
  • Wingfoil

Braye Beach is the main kitesurfing spot of Alderney, the most northerly of the inhabited Channel Islands. This long sandy beach is well exposed to north and northeast winds. Conditions can be powerful due to exposure to the Alderney Race (Raz Blanchard) currents, the strongest in Europe. The spot is suitable for advanced riders due to the currents. The exceptional tides completely transform the landscape between high and low tide.

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Spot forecast for Braye Beach Alderney

Sunrise 07:38 · Sunset 18:08

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 3.2 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24 Now01:324.2 m08:383.1 m14:214.4 m21:492.8 m04:444.3 m10:192.9 m16:494.6 m23:002.4 m05:304.8 m11:222.5 m17:345.1 m23:492 m06:045.3 m12:092 m18:105.6 m00:311.5 m06:345.8 m12:501.5 m18:446 m
  • Tuesday 20 October High tide · 4.2 m Low tide · 3.1 m High tide · 4.4 m Low tide · 2.8 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 4.3 m Low tide · 2.9 m High tide · 4.6 m Low tide · 2.4 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 4.8 m Low tide · 2.5 m High tide · 5.1 m Low tide · 2 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 5.3 m Low tide · 2 m High tide · 5.6 m
  • Saturday 24 October Low tide · 1.5 m High tide · 5.8 m Low tide · 1.5 m High tide · 6 m

Braye Beach Alderney: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

349h

in May · 28.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in May: 27 rideable days a month and 349 hours of usable wind, at 18 °C. The low point is November, at 19 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 19.5 rideable days J February: 22 rideable days F March: 23.5 rideable days M April: 24 rideable days A May: 28.5 rideable days28.5 d M June: 27 rideable days J July: 27 rideable days J August: 27 rideable days A September: 26.5 rideable days S October: 22.5 rideable days O November: 19 rideable days19 d N December: 23 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 19.5 rideable days J February: 22 rideable days F March: 23.5 rideable days M April: 24 rideable days A May: 28.5 rideable days28.5 d M June: 27 rideable days J July: 27 rideable days J August: 27 rideable days A September: 26.5 rideable days S October: 22.5 rideable days O November: 19 rideable days19 d N December: 23 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 52%13-20 knots · 40%21-30 knots · 6%31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 52% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 8 °C. The wettest month is January, with 128 mm.

Monthly averages: Braye Beach Alderney
Monthly averages — Braye Beach Alderney — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 19.5 162 h 8 °C 128 mm
February 22.0 204 h 10 °C 101 mm
March 23.5 247 h 11 °C 56 mm
April 24.0 288 h 12 °C 32 mm
May 28.5 349 h 15 °C 42 mm
June 27.0 377 h 18 °C 19 mm
July 27.0 361 h 19 °C 45 mm
August 27.0 341 h 20 °C 29 mm
September 26.5 300 h 17 °C 68 mm
October 22.5 217 h 16 °C 72 mm
November 19.0 178 h 13 °C 72 mm
December 23.0 197 h 11 °C 74 mm

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Technical details of Braye Beach Alderney spot

N: Rideable NNE: Rideable NE: Rideable ENE: Rideable E: Depending on conditions ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Not rideable SW: Depending on conditions WSW: Depending on conditions W: Depending on conditions WNW: Depending on conditions NW: Depending on conditions NNW: Rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, NNW.

Depending on conditions: E, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW.

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  • Alderney Arpt2.2 km

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