Kitesurfing on the North Norfolk coast
The next open window for kitesurfing is Mon 24 Aug at Hunstanton, from about 09:05 ±70 min.
Almost all of this coast is private, reserve or SSSI, so kitesurfing happens in two places.
- In daylight, and the wind is onshore
- Offshore wind
Mon 24 Aug
Only 1 hr 46 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — E force 1. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Only 5 hr 37 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
ENE force 4
Offshore wind — ENE force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Tue 25 Aug
Only 2 hr 41 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
E force 4
Only 4 hr 47 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — E force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Offshore wind — ENE force 5. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Wed 26 Aug
Only 3 hr 24 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — ESE force 3. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Only 4 hr 6 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — E force 3. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Offshore wind — ENE force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.
Thu 27 Aug · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 4 hr 1 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — E force 2. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it.outlook
Only 3 hr 29 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Fri 28 Aug · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 4 hr 36 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Only 2 hr 54 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Sat 29 Aug · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 5 hr 7 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Only 2 hr 20 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Sun 30 Aug · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 5 hr 37 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Only 1 hr 46 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Always use your judgement about your own competence, the on-the-day conditions and the type of vessel or activity you intend to take out before embarking on your trip. This website offers some indications but must not be used for navigation or making a decision that could put yourself or others in peril.
Where these windows come from
Every window above was published by somebody else. We put it next to the tide and the forecast; we did not decide it. If you are hiring, the people you hire from will know the day’s conditions better than any forecast does.
- Brancaster Staithe
- the National Trust — “kitesurfing is permitted west of the golf clubhouse to shipwreck line” · source
- Stay west of an imaginary line from the golf clubhouse to the shipwreck.
- Use the designated launch and landing zone, and keep clear of the Ternery, the wreck and the channel buoys.
- Tuition is strictly prohibited.
- Hunstanton
- Hunstanton Sailing Club — “the sandbar at New Hunstanton emerges at low water” · source
- Do not launch between the groynes.
- At Old Hunstanton, the updrafts off the cliffs at high tide are hazardous.
- Never kitesurf in offshore or cross-offshore wind.
About the wind figures
The wind here is a forecast for ten metres above the ground, on a grid whose cells are wider than the gaps between these places — so neighbouring locations often share one figure. It is not a measurement at the water’s edge, and it knows nothing about shelter behind the dunes or how much harder it blows further out.
Tide table generated 24 August 2026.