📜Rules
- ✗Natura 2000 Markermeer: kiting only at official spots. No zone at Almere Pampus side or Hoorn. pas.commissiemer.nl
- ✗Hoorn town beach: kitesurfing banned all year (a May-September zone is only being prepared). kitesurfvereniging.nl
- ✗No windsurfing (likely also wing) in the buoyed Amsterdam-Lemmer shipping route across the Markermeer. wetten.overheid.nl
- ✓Schellinkhout: official kite spot, open all year; launch and land at the water-sport beach. kitesurfvereniging.nl
- iSchellinkhout: parking only in the lower car park; parking on the dike is fined. kitesurfvereniging.nl
- iRijkswaterstaat is still deciding if wingfoiling counts as kiting or windsurfing under shipping and Natura 2000 rules. pas.commissiemer.nl
💨Wind
Forecasts from several weather models (e.g. ICON, AROME, HARMONIE) and live measuring stations nearby are in the app.
💡Good to know
- Near a swimming area - keep your distance from swimmers
🧭Getting there
📍 Position on the water: 52.6372, 5.0438 · directions
🅿️ Car parks
- P1Car park, free110 m to entry Aroute