Katwijk aan Zee surf forecast, webcam & sea temperature
Updated 4 Nov, 12:00 UTC
Live cam by webcamcees katwijk via YouTube
Current conditions
Right now at Katwijk aan Zee: 10 kts ENE, gusts 25, 0.8 m waves, water 14 °C — small waves, good for beginners.
7-day forecast
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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 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Gusts | 16 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Direction | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
| Waves | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Temperature | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
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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)
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Surf forecast
| Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 01 | 04 | 07 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 01 | 04 | 07 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | |
| Surf (est.) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Primary swell | 0.56s↑ | 0.65s↑ | 0.65s↑ | 0.65s↑ | 0.55s↑ | 0.35s↑ | 0.35s↑ | 0.34s↑ | 0.35s↑ | 0.35s↑ | 0.24s↑ | 0.24s↑ | 0.25s↑ | 0.16s↑ | 0.16s↑ | 0.26s↑ | 0.36s↑ | 0.36s↑ | 0.36s↑ | 0.36s↑ |
| Secondary swell | 0.15s↑ | 0.16s↑ | 0.15s↑ | 0.14s↑ | 0.15s↑ | 0.16s↑ | 0.17s↑ | 0.18s↑ | ||||||||||||
| Wind waves | 0.85s↑ | 0.95s↑ | 1.05s↑ | 0.84s↑ | 0.84s↑ | 0.74s↑ | 0.74s↑ | 0.64s↑ | 0.54s↑ | 0.43s↑ | 0.53s↑ | 0.43s↑ | 0.33s↑ | 0.33s↑ | 0.23s↑ | 0.24s↑ | 0.12s↑ | 0.12s↑ | 0.12s↑ | 0.12s↑ |
| Waves | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Period | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 3s | 4s | 4s | 3s | 3s | 3s | 3s | 3s | 3s | 3s | 3s | 4s | 5s | 4s | 5s |
| Power | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 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: Katwijk, South Holland
- Water: Sea
- Sports: SurfKitesurf
- Best wind directions: EESESE
Katwijk aan Zee is a seaside town in South Holland, between Noordwijk to the north and Wassenaar to the south, where the Old Rhine reaches the North Sea through a set of sluices built in the early nineteenth century. Its boulevard is dominated by the White Church, a whitewashed church that has served as a landmark for fishermen for centuries, and a recent coastal defence project hid a large car park inside the dunes behind the boulevard. The live webcam, a pan-tilt-zoom camera run by a local enthusiast, looks out from the boulevard over the beach and the sea. The beach faces west-north-west into the North Sea, so westerly and north-westerly winds blow onshore and bring the waves, south-westerly winds run along the coast, and easterly winds are offshore. On onshore days surfers ride the sandbanks around the beach entrances, and kitesurfers use the zones marked away from the busy central beach. The outflow of the Old Rhine sluices and the rip currents between the sandbanks make swimming risky away from the lifeguard posts, which are staffed in the summer season. North of the town, the dunes stretch towards Noordwijk. The sea temperature at Katwijk is highest in August. Watch the Katwijk beach webcam and the forecast below.
Katwijk aan Zee FAQ
- Is there a beach webcam at Katwijk aan Zee?
- Yes. The live beach webcam for Katwijk aan Zee is at the top of this page, next to the wind and wave forecast.
- What wind direction works at Katwijk aan Zee?
- It works best in E, ESE, SE winds.
