The report · Heidkate · Kite · May · 6 pages

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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Heidkate

KiteMay

50% of May days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

May sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for May as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Full stays, schools & kit04Per-launch tide notesno data05Groynes, sections & the beach rules06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
27 Sep 2026Record
2022 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, MET Norway Nordic 1 kmNormals
2022 to 2026
Four Mays
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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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite676244475052604455666363Windsurf635639343940463551605457Wing676244475052604455666363

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, May

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: 9% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, May

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

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

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May's own records

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

Rideable days16 of 31Four Mays in the record
Wind, rideable hours15 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air16.4°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt4.5 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeApril47%14 rideable days in 30
Your monthMay50%16 rideable days in 31
AfterJune52%16 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

Campingplatz HeidkoppelCampsite · About 2 kmCampsite by the beach, about 2 km from the surf school, named by it. Seasonal: open spring to 30 September, so shut through the windy months; it opens again on 26 March 2027.
Regenbogen Ferienanlage WendtorfHoliday park · About 1.5 kmCampsite and holiday park a few steps from the beach, about 1.5 km from the surf school, named by it.

Lessons

Surfschule HeidkateSchool · Windsurf · Kite · WingContainer station at groyne 4. Kite two students to a teacher; VDWS licence. Summer season.

Kit

Surfschule HeidkateRental · Limited kit: courses come first.

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 notes

Kite area, west of groyne 4
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this beach.

Surf beach, groynes 4 to 6
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this beach.

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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Groynes, sections & the beach rules

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.

Rock groynesRock groynes divide the beach, close together. Riders have to sail round them to reach open water. Keep clear of them, above all when waves are breaking on the sandbar.
Surfing and bathing sectionsThe municipal beach map marks where surfing is allowed, sections where surfing is allowed only from 1 September to 30 May, the bathing sections and an area for kites on the dike. Keep to the surfing sections and clear of bathers.
Car park rulesThe municipality prohibits steerable kites (Lenkdrachen), drones, tents, fires and horses on the car park. Rig on the grass strip in front of the beach, not on the car park.
Dunes and overnight staysWalking on the dunes and the dune grass is prohibited to protect the coast and nature. Use the paths at the main access points. Camping and sleeping in cars are not permitted on the car park.
No cover in winterDLRG lifeguards are on the beach from June to August, and spot guides say the school sets up for the summer months. The windiest months, October to February, have neither.
Emergencies at seaIn an emergency at sea call 112 and ask for MRCC Bremen, or call +49 421 536 87 0. From a German mobile network near the coast, 124 124 also reaches MRCC Bremen; it is a network operators’ service number, not an emergency number. VHF channel 16, Bremen Rescue.
Rock groynes and the sandbar

Rock groynes divide the beach, close together, and riders have to sail round them to reach open water. From about force 5 in westerlies and easterlies, small waves break on the sandbar offshore. Keep clear of the groynes, above all when waves are breaking. North-westerlies and north-easterlies are noticeably choppier.

Sections, the car park and cover

The municipal beach map marks where surfing is allowed, sections where surfing is allowed only from 1 September to 30 May, the bathing sections and an area for kites on the dike. Steerable kites (Lenkdrachen), drones, tents, fires and horses are prohibited on the car park, and the dunes are closed. DLRG lifeguards work from June to August at groyne 10; from October to February there is no cover. In an emergency at sea call 112 and ask for MRCC Bremen.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportHamburg (HAM)About 113 km by road, around 1 hour 30. Kiel’s main station is about 24 km, half an hour.
SeasonOctober to FebruaryThe months the record shows the most rideable days. October and January are the picks. The school and the lifeguards work in summer.
Getting aroundCarBy the B502 and the K33 to the car park behind the dike, paid in summer. Camping and sleeping in cars are not permitted on the car park.
What to pack
BeachFine sand. Sand in front of the dike, with a wide grass strip for rigging and rock groynes along the shore.WaterFlat to small waves. Small waves on the sandbar from about force 5 in westerlies and easterlies. Choppier in north-westerlies and north-easterlies.WetsuitBoots. The school includes wetsuits in its courses; kite lessons need neoprene boots.LaunchFrom the car park. A large car park sits straight behind the dike and the launch and landing zone, paid in summer.KitSmall school. Surfschule Heidkate has limited kit, and courses come first.
Kite sizes for May

May has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

JFMAMJJASOND

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 metno_nordic (MET Norway Nordic) at 1 km, cell 0.43 km from the spot, December 2022 to September 2026, 3 to 4 years a month, no station 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.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from the surf school and Spotnetz. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordThree to four years a month. ERA5, an independent model, agrees within about 8 points a month on average; no station check yet.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenConfirmed on each business’s own website; the campsites are named by the school. No price band on the listings; the cost tier reads the school’s published course prices.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Hazards, groynes and beach rulesWrittenBeach sections, car park and dune rules from Gemeinde Wisch’s own map, sign and page. Emergency numbers from the DGzRS. Groynes and waves from the school and spot guides, not surveyed.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenRoad distances from OSRM routing. No water temperature source. Sizes derived from the session mean.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches.

The record

Hourly wind, 2022 to 2026, from MET Norway Nordic via Open-Meteo: a 1 km grid, read at the cell 0.4 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 Heidkate

Crowds by month. The municipality’s parking tariff. The state bathing water classification for Heidkate, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. A water temperature. Tide information. A station check on the wind record. Surveyed launch coordinates. A licensed photograph of riding at Heidkate. 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, 27 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0. 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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