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Kamperland, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: P.C. Schellekens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Thijs Surfschool

Windsurf spot · Netherlands

Is it worth the trip?

31Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 2: 13 kn gusting 24, side-shore, Water: waves 1.3 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 65 out of 100

Wind
NE 13 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
1.3 mwaves
Air
13°C

Tue 3 · 62 out of 100

Wind
ENE 12 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 32 out of 100

Wind
ENE 14 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 9 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
8°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 297, good
  3. Tue 393, good
  4. Wed 448, fair
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 12 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Thijs Surfschool
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot5knoffnot safeflat11°C
Mon 2Nov97, goodwind from the north-east, 13 knots24knside1.3 mwaves13°C
Tue 3Nov93, goodwind from the east-north-east, 12 knots25knside0.9 mwaves10°C
Wed 4Nov48, fairwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots27knside0.8 mwaves9°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 9 knots19kncross-offchop9°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east, 6 knots13kncross-offchop9°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots7knoffnot safechop8°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the west, 9 knots17knside-onchop10°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south, 6 knots12knoffnot safechop10°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 7 knots16knside-onflat11°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 05:42 +1.3 mLow 11:14 −1.2 mHigh 18:20 +1.5 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:09 −0.8 mHigh 06:42 +1.1 mLow 12:23 −1.1 mHigh 19:26 +1.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:59 −0.7 mHigh 07:47 +1.0 mLow 14:05 −1.0 mHigh 20:34 +1.4 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Thijs Surfschool

Known for sailing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Kamperland. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots, 1 dive site and 1 mountain bike area.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,240–US$2,320 each

about US$1,240–US$2,320 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BRU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$295–US$489
Food7 days eating outabout US$328–US$610
Totalabout US$1,240–US$2,320

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Kamperland

Closest

Kamperland

5 min by car · 24 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 24 places to stay in Kamperland · Booking.com

About Kamperland its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 14h 45m

About 14h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BRU, direct, then 1h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.