Black all day today, then worth blocking time tomorrow, 10:00–17:24 — blue to red, up to 1.6 m.

Through the window the wind is cross-shore, gusting 54 km/h. High confidence: both forecasts agree. 1 more window in the next seven days. There's also a chance Wednesday, 07:30–17:20: blue, up to 1.1 m (low confidence: our main forecast shows it, the second doesn't, but it's more than three days out). All day today: 5.3 m waves with onshore gusts to 90 km/h, storm surge of +1.2 m.

The next seven days at Zandvoort — for blue and red days, updated 11:55

Sunday Oct 25: black (experts only), up to 3.7 m
Monday Oct 26: blue to red, 10:00–17:24, up to 1.6 m, 7 s, wind cross-shore
Tuesday Oct 27: blue, 07:28–15:00, up to 0.9 m, 6 s, wind cross-offshore
Wednesday Oct 28: blue, 07:30–17:20, 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 Zandvoort

Three sandbars sit off the beach, so waves break, back off and break again on the way in. A strong current runs along the shore; start upwind of where you want to be.

From 15 April to 1 October fast watersports (kite, windsurf) are zoned, and swimmers fill the beach on warm days. Marked fishing nets are set from time to time.

The beach faces WNW (291°). Offshore wind, the clean kind, blows from between ENE and SSE; onshore wind from between SW and N chops it up; the rest is cross-shore.

We take the wind 5 km out to sea, check the waves against Rijkswaterstaat's IJgeul 3 station 20 km away, and read storm surge at the IJmuiden gauge.

Along the coast: Noordwijk to the south, Bloemendaal to the north.