Kitesurfing on the North Norfolk coast
The next open window for kitesurfing is Wed 21 Oct at Hunstanton, from about 07:36 ±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
Wed 21 Oct
Only 4 hr 41 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — SW force 5. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Drizzle
Offshore wind — SSE force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Dry
Thu 22 Oct
Only 3 hr 45 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — WSW force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Dry
Fri 23 Oct
Only 23 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — SE force 5. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Raining
Only 3 hr 7 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
WNW force 7 · Raining
Offshore wind — SE force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Drizzle
Sat 24 Oct · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 1 hr 5 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
W force 5 · Dryoutlook
Only 2 hr 25 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — S force 5. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Rainingoutlook
Sun 25 Oct · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 1 hr 44 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — WSW force 5. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Dryoutlook
Only 1 hr 46 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
W force 5 · Dryoutlook
Mon 26 Oct · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 2 hr 23 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — SW force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Dryoutlook
Only 1 hr 6 min of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — SSW force 5. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Drizzleoutlook
Offshore wind — SSE force 4. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Drizzleoutlook
Tue 27 Oct · outlook — conditions less certain this far out
Only 3 hr of this tide falls in daylight — the window itself runs on past it.
Offshore wind — WSW force 6. It feels calm at the shore and blows away from it. · Drizzleoutlook
Only 26 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 21 October 2026.