wenduine | Surfing elephant kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Belgium · Vlaams Gewest

Spot currently openBeginner level 51.3 | 3.08

Overview

Wenduine - Surfing Elephant is a kitesurf spot at the Surfing Elephant club in Wenduine (West Flanders), between De Haan and Blankenberge. Club infrastructure with safety support. Best winds SW/WSW/W/WNW/NW onshore.

Offshore wind (E/SE) forbidden on the entire Belgian coast. Large tidal range. Wenduine is a quiet resort. The Surfing Elephant club provides lessons and equipment hire. A good spot for beginners and intermediate riders in a supervised environment.

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Spot forecast for wenduine | Surfing elephant

Sunrise 08:20 · Sunset 18:44

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

Next tides

  • High tide · 3.5 m
  • Low tide · 1.2 m
  • High tide · 3.5 m
  • Low tide · 1.5 m

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wenduine | Surfing elephant: 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

263h

in June · 20.5 rideable days

The season runs from June to September, peaking in June: 18 rideable days a month and 263 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is November, at 7 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 14.5 rideable days J February: 10.5 rideable days F March: 9 rideable days M April: 11 rideable days A May: 12.5 rideable days M June: 20.5 rideable days20.5 d J July: 20 rideable days J August: 18 rideable days A September: 13 rideable days S October: 9 rideable days O November: 7 rideable days7 d N December: 8.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 14.5 rideable days J February: 10.5 rideable days F March: 9 rideable days M April: 11 rideable days A May: 12.5 rideable days M June: 20.5 rideable days20.5 d J July: 20 rideable days J August: 18 rideable days A September: 13 rideable days S October: 9 rideable days O November: 7 rideable days7 d N December: 8.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 55%13-20 knots · 38%21-30 knots · 7%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 55% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is September, with 107 mm.

Monthly averages: wenduine | Surfing elephant
Monthly averages — wenduine | Surfing elephant — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 14.5 106 h 6 °C 105 mm
February 10.5 92 h 8 °C 96 mm
March 9.0 81 h 11 °C 53 mm
April 11.0 120 h 14 °C 72 mm
May 12.5 147 h 16 °C 80 mm
June 20.5 263 h 19 °C 47 mm
July 20.0 225 h 20 °C 76 mm
August 18.0 184 h 22 °C 51 mm
September 13.0 109 h 19 °C 107 mm
October 9.0 87 h 15 °C 104 mm
November 7.0 49 h 10 °C 92 mm
December 8.5 70 h 8 °C 65 mm

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Technical details of wenduine | Surfing elephant spot

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

The spot works with winds from SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW.

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