📜Rules
- ✗Wadden Sea national park: kiting AND wingsurfing are banned on all federal waters except the official permit zones of the Nordsee-Befahrensverordnung (since April 2023). gesetze-im-internet.de
- ✗Hörnum (Sylt): kite/wing only from 3 h before to 3 h after LOW water, inside the zone; keep at least 300 m (kite too) from the Hörnum Nehrung bird area. nationalpark-wattenmeer.de
- ✗St. Peter-Ording: the inner bay north of Badestelle Süd is closed behind a buoy line (birds); the Ording bathing area (pole rows, buoys) is off-limits. nationalpark-wattenmeer.de
- ✓Official kite/wing zones exist at St. Peter-Ording, Norddeich and Hörnum (Sylt), no time window at SPO and Norddeich. gesetze-im-internet.de
- ✓Sylt also has kite/wing zones on the west coast (Westküste, no tide window) and at List (3 h before to 3 h after HIGH water). gesetze-im-internet.de
- iKeep 300-500 m from seal banks and bird flocks, do not land on sandbanks, launch and land only inside the kite area. nationalpark-wattenmeer.de
💨Wind
Forecasts from several weather models (e.g. ICON, AROME, HARMONIE) and live measuring stations nearby are in the app.
💡Good to know
- wind: W · large beach, separated surf/kite sections, strong current in strong wind
🧭Getting there
📍 Position on the water: 54.2861, 8.6631 · directions
🅿️ Car parks
🗺️Spots nearby
Spot sources: kitesurftheworld.com