Zhoushan Island - Middle Beach kitesurf and wingfoil spot

China · Zhe Jiang Sheng

Spot currently openIntermediate levelAltitude 28 m 29.87 | 122.4

Overview

Zhoushan Island Middle Beach is a kitesurfing spot in Zhejiang, on the Zhoushan archipelago. This coastal spot benefits from monsoon winds and sea breezes. The body of water is oceanic with tides.
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Spot forecast for Zhoushan Island - Middle Beach

Sunrise 05:55 · Sunset 17:15

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

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Swell and waves

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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 4 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 Now02:062.4 m09:411.6 m16:592.9 m23:271.9 m04:482.4 m11:081.5 m18:063.1 m00:191.6 m06:172.7 m12:111.3 m18:433.3 m00:571.2 m07:003.1 m13:011.1 m19:143.5 m01:310.9 m07:363.5 m13:450.9 m19:443.7 m
  • Tuesday 20 October High tide · 2.4 m Low tide · 1.6 m High tide · 2.9 m Low tide · 1.9 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 2.4 m Low tide · 1.5 m High tide · 3.1 m
  • Thursday 22 October Low tide · 1.6 m High tide · 2.7 m Low tide · 1.3 m High tide · 3.3 m
  • Friday 23 October Low tide · 1.2 m High tide · 3.1 m Low tide · 1.1 m High tide · 3.5 m
  • Saturday 24 October Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 3.5 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 3.7 m

Zhoushan Island - Middle Beach: 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

460h

in July · 31 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 29 rideable days a month on average, at 21 °C. It peaks in July, with 460 hours of usable wind.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 28.5 rideable days J February: 27 rideable days F March: 30.5 rideable days M April: 28.5 rideable days A May: 28.5 rideable days M June: 27.5 rideable days J July: 31 rideable days31 d J August: 31 rideable days A September: 29 rideable days S October: 30.5 rideable days O November: 26 rideable days N December: 25 rideable days25 d D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 28.5 rideable days J February: 27 rideable days F March: 30.5 rideable days M April: 28.5 rideable days A May: 28.5 rideable days M June: 27.5 rideable days J July: 31 rideable days31 d J August: 31 rideable days A September: 29 rideable days S October: 30.5 rideable days O November: 26 rideable days N December: 25 rideable days25 d D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 60%13-20 knots · 36%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 60% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is February, at 9 °C. The wettest month is June, with 365 mm.

Monthly averages: Zhoushan Island - Middle Beach
Monthly averages — Zhoushan Island - Middle Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 28.5 289 h 10 °C 31 mm
February 27.0 311 h 9 °C 89 mm
March 30.5 374 h 13 °C 66 mm
April 28.5 345 h 18 °C 139 mm
May 28.5 360 h 22 °C 174 mm
June 27.5 345 h 25 °C 365 mm
July 31.0 460 h 30 °C 146 mm
August 31.0 389 h 31 °C 14 mm
September 29.0 361 h 30 °C 101 mm
October 30.5 362 h 25 °C 104 mm
November 26.0 300 h 19 °C 118 mm
December 25.0 265 h 14 °C 19 mm

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Technical details of Zhoushan Island - Middle Beach spot

N: Rideable NNE: Rideable NE: Rideable ENE: Depending on conditions E: Depending on conditions ESE: Depending on conditions SE: Depending on conditions SSE: Depending on conditions S: Depending on conditions SSW: Depending on conditions SW: Depending on conditions WSW: Depending on conditions W: Depending on conditions WNW: Depending on conditions NW: Depending on conditions NNW: Depending on conditions N E S W

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

Depending on conditions: ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Open all year round
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