Heist wind forecast, webcam & sea temperature
Updated 4 Nov, 12:00 UTC
Live cam by Weercamera streaming via YouTube
Current conditions
Right now at Heist: 11 kts ENE, gusts 26, 1.1 m waves, water 14 °C — light, big kites and foils.
7-day forecast
| Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 00 | 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 00 | 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 00 | |
| Wind | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gusts | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Direction | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
| Waves | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Temperature | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
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Times shown in local time · Wind, waves and water temperature: ECMWF open data (CC BY 4.0) · Tides: EOT20, DGFI-TUM (CC BY 4.0)
🔒 Days 4–7 are Pro — The free plan shows the first 3 forecast days. Go Pro to see the whole week.
Surf forecast
| Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 01 | 04 | 07 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 01 | 04 | 07 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | |
| Surf (est.) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Primary swell | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.65s↑ | 0.55s↑ | 0.55s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.45s↑ | 0.45s↑ | 0.35s↑ | 0.35s↑ | 0.25s↑ | 0.24s↑ | 0.36s↑ | 0.36s↑ |
| Secondary swell | 0.13s↑ | 0.14s↑ | 0.16s↑ | 0.26s↑ | 0.15s↑ | 0.15s↑ | ||||||||||||||
| Wind waves | 1.25s↑ | 1.25s↑ | 1.35s↑ | 1.26s↑ | 1.16s↑ | 0.95s↑ | 0.95s↑ | 0.85s↑ | 0.43s↑ | 0.43s↑ | 0.43s↑ | 0.54s↑ | 0.33s↑ | 0.11s↑ | 0.11s↑ | 0.01s↑ | 0.01s↑ | 0.01s↑ | 0.11s↑ | 0.11s↑ |
| Waves | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Period | 5s | 4s | 5s | 5s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 5s | 5s | 4s | 4s | 5s | 5s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 5s | 5s | 5s |
| Power | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Groundswell | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Surf height is estimated from the primary swell for a beach facing it; reefs, sandbanks and the tide change it. Power in kW per metre of coast. Groundswell: waves of 12 s and longer. Swell: NOAA WAVEWATCH III · ECMWF
Tides (next 48 h)
Spot info
- Town: Heist, Knokke-Heist
- Water: Sea
- Sports: WindsurfSUP
Heist grew from a fishing village into the third-largest resort on the Belgian coast during the Belle Époque, behind only Ostend and Blankenberge. Today it forms the western half of Knokke-Heist, and hardly a building survives on its seafront from those early years. A strip of old dune, the Directeur-Generaal Willemspark, still separates it from neighbouring Duinbergen. The webcam looks over the terrace of Anemos, a beach club and water-sports school with a bar and lessons, down across wide sand towards the North Sea. It is a handy view for families deciding how much beach the tide has left, and for club members judging the water. The coast runs south-west to north-east and faces north-west, so a wind from that side comes straight in, whereas southerlies blow offshore. Beginners should take particular care with those offshore days. The Coastal Tram and the railway from Bruges both serve Heist. Tide times, sea temperature and a wind forecast for this stretch of shore sit under the picture.
Heist FAQ
- Is there a beach webcam at Heist?
- Yes. The live beach webcam for Heist is at the top of this page, next to the wind and wave forecast.
