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Today at Strand Kijkduin: Epic! for kite foiling — 90/100 for expert level. Wind 7 kn E · Waves 0.8 m, 8 s · Tide -1.4 to 0.2 m. Best window around 19:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Strand Kijkduin: 0.7m waves with light offshore wind. Surfing looks Epic! in the afternoon, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 60°F.
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Strand Kijkduin faces NW, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow kite foiling wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 7 kn. Leaning offshore, so a failure drifts you away from the beach rather than back to it — rideable for kite foiling, but not the direction to push your luck in.
Over the published window Strand Kijkduin clears 60/100 for kite foiling at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Strand Kijkduin ranks 18th for kite foiling. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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A wide, NW-facing sandy North Sea beach backed by dunes, fronted by the Zandmotor sand peninsula, creating both a sheltered flat-water lagoon favoured for kitesurfing and a beach break with lefts and rights on NNW swell with offshore SE wind; many days bring only small waves. Kitesurfing is confined to 150 m+ from shore via two designated zones, mid-May to mid-September. Rip currents are a hazard. Volunteer lifeguards patrol a post, May-September.
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Wind at Strand Kijkduin today: 7 kn E (gusting 19 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kite foiling conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Strand Kijkduin today: 0.8 m, 8 s period from W, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for kite foiling at Strand Kijkduin today is around 19:00 UTC, when conditions score 74/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Strand Kijkduin scores 93/100 today for surfing — Epic!. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Strand Kijkduin is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Strand Kijkduin is a coastal location near Strandslag 4 in Netherlands. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Strand Kijkduin, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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