Black all day today, then worth blocking time tomorrow, 08:00–17:00 — blue to red, up to 1.5 m.

Through the window the wind is cross-offshore, gusting 52 km/h. Moderate confidence: our main forecast shows it, the second doesn't. 1 more window in the next seven days. There's also a chance Wednesday, 07:31–17:22: blue, up to 1.0 m (low confidence: our main forecast shows it, the second doesn't, but it's more than three days out). All day today: 4.6 m waves with onshore gusts to 89 km/h.

The next seven days at Hoek van Holland — for blue and red days, updated 11:50

Sunday Oct 25: black (experts only), up to 3.0 m
Monday Oct 26: blue to red, 08:00–17:00, up to 1.5 m, 7 s, wind cross-offshore
Tuesday Oct 27: blue, 16:00–17:24, up to 0.7 m, 6 s, wind cross-shore
Wednesday Oct 28: blue, 07:31–17:22, up to 1.1 m, 5 s, wind cross-onshore (a chance)
Thursday Oct 29: green, up to 0.4 m
Friday Oct 30: flat, up to 0.3 m
Saturday Oct 31: flat, up to 0.2 m

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About Hoek van Holland

The beach north of the Nieuwe Waterweg's harbour moles (the Noorderdam). Swimming is banned within 100 m of the Noorderhoofd, and the Maasmond shipping lane runs right beside the beach.

The harbour moles and Maasvlakte shelter it from the south-west, so waves are smaller in their lee and a south-westerly wind is often gusty. The water deepens quickly and the shorebreak can be awkward; locals say the best waves come at low water.

The beach faces NW (310°). Offshore wind, the clean kind, blows from between E and S; onshore wind from between WSW and NNE chops it up; the rest is cross-shore.

We take the wind 5 km out to sea, check the waves against Rijkswaterstaat's Maasgeul station 7 km away, and read storm surge at the Hoek van Holland gauge.

Along the coast: Westkapelle to the south, Ter Heijde to the north.