The report · Brouwersdam · Windsurf · October · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

Zeeland, Netherlands

Brouwersdam

WindsurfOctober

58% of October days clear 13 kt for three daylight hours or more.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windp202The month's own recordsp303Full stays, schools & kitp404Per-launch tide windowsp405Sandbanks, sluice & closed zonesp506Getting there, packing & best monthsp507Sources, and their limitsp6
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2022 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, Météo-France AROME France HD 1.5 kmNormals
2022 to 2026
Three Octobers
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite696965687364666563687174Windsurf656556595857565056586962Wing696965687364666563687174

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, October

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 6% of daylight hours under 4 kt and 1% at 32 kt and over.

When in the day, October

Share of days over 13 kt at each daylight hour.

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12pm
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Wind directionSW to N, via WThe safe directions the Dutch kitesurf association lists for the main beach. Winds from east round to south blow offshore.
Wind strength12 kt and upThe record counts a day from 12 kt. Winter storms have gusted past 60 kt, so when a front is due, size down early.
When it blowsSunrise to sunsetThe local bylaws ban kitesurfing and windsurfing after dark. Winter days are short, so make the most of the light.

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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October's own records

The month's own figures from three Octobers in the record, 2022 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days21 of 31Three Octobers in the record
Wind, rideable hours18 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air14.3°CMaximum
Waves0.8 m12% of days run big
Hours over 12 kt7.4 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeSeptember63%19 rideable days in 30
Your monthOctober68%21 rideable days in 31
AfterNovember71%21 rideable days in 30

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Full stays, schools & kit

Stays

Brouwersdam StayHotel · Lake side · 1 km from the kite beachRooms and beach lodges at the Zeil- en Surfcentrum on the Grevelingenmeer shore, open all year, with breakfast included and 10 per cent off the centre’s water sports. The lodges sit in the dunes by the water.
Minicamping De Hoge BlokCampsite · KBC on site · 4.9 km from the kite beachSmall campsite at Noordwelle for campervans, vans and tents, where KBC Brouwersdam is based. About 4.9 km in a straight line from the main kite beach.
Center Parcs Port ZélandePark · Between lake and sea · 1.3 km from the kite beachHoliday park between the Grevelingenmeer and the North Sea beach, with cottages for two to twelve, apartments, lodge tents and a marina.
Camping BrouwersdamCampsite · Open all yearNear Ouddorp, about 4 km in a straight line north-east of the main beach. Camping and campervan pitches, and the campsite says the beach is a stone's throw away.
Resort Land & ZeeHotel · Scharendijke end · 3 km from the kite beachHotel rooms, studios, holiday homes and a campsite behind the dunes at the Scharendijke end of the dam, about 150 m from the North Sea beach, with a restaurant.
Landal Beach Resort BrouwersdamPark · Scharendijke · 3.3 km from the kite beachModern lodges near the dam, some with a private sauna or hot tub. No restaurant on the park; guests get free entry to the pool at Beach Resort Kamperland, about 25 minutes away by car.

Lessons

Natural HighSchool · Kite · WingKite, kitefoil and wingfoil lessons, based on the main beach. Kite lessons booked all year.
Kiteschool BrouwersdamSchool · KiteKite lessons from a first introduction to private coaching, on the main beach.
KBC BrouwersdamSchool · Kite · WingMobile station based at De Hoge Blok, Noordwelle. Teaches from late March to 1 November.
Brouwersdam SurfschoolSchool · WindsurfWindsurf and windfoil courses at the Zeil- en Surfcentrum on the lake side.

Kit

Natural HighRental · Kite · WingComplete kite sets with proof of your level, wingfoil and e-foil hire, and a surf shop.
Kiteschool BrouwersdamRental · KiteComplete Duotone kite sets, or just a kite, board or bar.
KBC BrouwersdamRental · Kite · WingF-ONE kites and wings. Kite hire needs VDWS level 4, wing hire level 5.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Per-launch tide windows

Brouwersdam 2, sea side
Low—Mid—High—

The Dutch kitesurf association notes hundreds of metres of beach at low tide. Which state suits which level is unknown until tide data arrives.

Zeil- en Surfcentrum, lake side
Low—Mid—High—

The Grevelingen is a lake behind the dam, fed with sea water through the sluice. No tide data is held for it.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Sandbanks, sluice & closed zones

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

No kitesurfing on the GrevelingenThe Grevelingen, the lake on the inland side of the dam, is a Natura 2000 area. Its access decision bans kitesurfing across the whole area all year, except in designated kite zones, and the zone is at the Grevelingendam, not here. Kitesurf on the North Sea side only.
Closed areas on the lakeThe same decision closes several parts of the Grevelingen to all access all year, including Kabbelaarsbank-oost, east of Port Zélande. Keep out of them on a board.
Beach zones on the Goeree-Overflakkee halfGoeree-Overflakkee bans windsurfing on its North Sea beach and the water directly along it between beach accesses 13a and 15. For kitesurfing, the written text of its beach decision bans it from beach access 9 all the way to the border with Schouwen-Duiveland, which includes the stretch by Natural High, while the map attached to the same decision shows kitesurfing allowed from access 15 to the border. Until the municipality settles which applies, follow the signs at the beach access and ask the association information point at Natural High or a school where to launch. The decision also keeps boats out of a 100 m strip from the low-water line, except rescue boats and boats heading straight to or from the slipway in the harbour on the sea side of the dam.
After dark, harbours and swimming areasThe local bylaws ban kitesurfing and windsurfing between sunset and sunrise, in harbours and locks and the approaches to them, and in a buoyed fairway when commercial shipping approaches. Schouwen-Duiveland also bans them in swimming areas that are cordoned off or marked. Know where the swimming buoys are before you launch.
Bollen van de Ooster rest areaOffshore to the north-west, the Bollen van de Ooster sandbanks are a Voordelta rest area for seals and birds. All activity is banned in a smaller summer area all year and in a larger winter area from 1 November to 1 April. The exceptions include canoeing, windsurfing and wave surfing in its north-eastern part. Kitesurfing is not one of them. Buoys and signed posts mark the boundaries.
Offshore wind and the sluiceThe Dutch kitesurf association lists north, north-west, west and south-west as the safe wind directions for the main beach. Winds from east round to south blow off the beach and out to sea. At the Schouwen end of the dam, sea water runs through the Brouwerssluis into the lake, and the sluice stands open almost all the time. Keep well clear of it.
Sandbanks and the rest area offshore

The Bollen van de Ooster sandbanks lie offshore to the north-west of the main beach. They are a Voordelta rest area for seals and birds: all activity is banned in a smaller area all year and in a larger area from 1 November to 1 April, with a few exceptions such as windsurfing in the north-eastern part. Kitesurfing is not among the exceptions. Buoys and signed posts mark the boundaries. Plan any downwind run to stay clear of them.

The sluice, harbours and swimming areas

At the Schouwen end of the dam, sea water runs through the Brouwerssluis into the Grevelingen, and the sluice stands open almost all the time. The bylaws of both municipalities ban kitesurfing and windsurfing in harbours, locks and their approaches, and Schouwen-Duiveland also bans them in swimming areas that are cordoned off or marked. Keep well clear of the sluice and learn where the swimming buoys are before you launch.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportRotterdam The Hague (RTM)About 46 km in a straight line. Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) and Brussels (BRU) are the bigger hubs.
SeasonOctober to MarchThe windiest months in the record, and February is the pick. Water is at its coldest in February.
Getting aroundBy car on the N57The road runs along the dam. Free parking at the spot, and a bus stop at Port Zélande.
What to pack
BeachSand. Wide open sand, with hundreds of metres of beach at low tide. Room to rig, room to land.BottomShallow sand. Shallow and flat a long way out off the main beach, so you can stand up, sort yourself out and go again.Water5 to 21°C. Dutch coast averages, coldest in February and warmest in August. In winter it bites: hood, boots and a thick suit.WalkShort. Park on the dam, take the dune path over, and you are on the sand.KitRent or bring. Complete kite sets at Natural High and Kiteschool Brouwersdam. Bring proof of your level.
Kite sizes for October

No session mean is held for this spot. Derived from a 12 to 24 kt range, the record's 12 kt rule at the bottom and a Dutch school's published lesson ceiling at the top, not from a fitted quiver.

60 to 70 kg8 and 11 m70 to 85 kg9 and 12 m85 kg and up10 and 14 m
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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from meteofrance_arome_france_hd at 1.5 km, cell 0.22 km from the spot, no correction.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share. No longer the Kite share raised to a curve (WC-024 phase 4).
01Speed bands, hour-of-day sharesRecordCounted from the same hourly series as the shares: daylight hours in each 4 kt band, and the share of days over the threshold at each hour from 8am to 6pm. The same charts as the spot page.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from the Dutch kitesurf association, strength from the record’s 12 kt rule, the window from the local bylaws. No session mean held.
02The month’s recordsRecordMonth detail. Météo-France AROME France HD at 1.5 km, the cell 0.2 km from the spot; gusts on the beach can differ from it.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenHand-listed from operators’ own sites and the tourist board; stays also checked on Google, most recently on 30 September 2026. No price bands.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Rules and closed areasWrittenRead from the bylaws, the Goeree-Overflakkee beach decision and the Natura 2000 access decisions. That beach decision’s text bans kitesurfing from access 9 to the border; its map shows access 15 to the border as allowed.
05Sandbanks, sluice, offshore windWrittenDescribed from official texts and the association’s spot page. Locations described, not surveyed.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenWater temperatures are Dutch coast averages, not measured at the dam. Kite sizes derived, not fitted.

The record

Hourly wind, 2022 to 2026, from Météo-France AROME France HD via Open-Meteo: a 1.5 km grid, read at the cell 0.2 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over three to four years.

What we could not source for Brouwersdam

Tide tables. A session wind mean for this spot. Windsurf and wing thresholds run through the hourly record. Surveyed launch positions, the exact line of the Goeree-Overflakkee kite zone near the municipal border, and where the kitefoil launch zone sits. Water temperature measured at the dam. Where any of these is missing above, the section says so rather than filling itself.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Norbert Reimer, CC BY-SA 2.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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