Netherlands
18 wing and kite foil spots, with conditions, best season and the schools and rental stations at each.
Ameland
Friesland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A Wadden island that often gets more wind than the mainland. On the Wadden Sea side at Buren a huge shallow area gives flat water for three hours either side of…
3 centers · Lessons, Rental
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Apr–Oct
An open North Sea beach north of Alkmaar with a mix of chop and waves and a friendly local scene of freeriders, wave riders and freestylers. At low tide a…
1 center · Lessons
Brouwersdam
Zeeland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Apr–Oct
A dam between the North Sea and the Grevelingenmeer that works in almost any wind direction: flat water on the inside lake, waves and chop on the sea side. It…
3 centers · Lessons, Rental
Cadzand
Zeeland
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The North Sea beach at Cadzand-Bad near the Belgian border, with chop and short waves in westerlies and a lot of tidal current. At high tide the Zwin inlet…
1 center · Lessons
Callantsoog & Den Helder
North Holland
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The North Sea coast of the Kop van Noord-Holland, from Callantsoog up through Julianadorp to Huisduinen at Den Helder. Groynes every 200 m split the beach into…
1 center · Lessons
IJmeer – Muiderberg
North Holland
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The nearest flat-water spot to Amsterdam, on the IJmeer. At Muiderberg the fresh water is waist deep over a sandy bottom, perfect for learning; launch and land…
1 center · Lessons
IJsselmeer – Mirns & Stavoren
Friesland
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Sep–May
The south-west corner of Friesland on the IJsselmeer. At Mirns knee-deep water stretches some 700 m out from a small sandy beach, flat to choppy depending on…
Lauwersmeer
Friesland & Groningen
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Jun–Sep
A quiet inland lake on the border of Friesland and Groningen, next to the Wadden Sea. The lake has flat, deep water that suits foilers; outside the dyke at…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Maasvlakte & Oostvoorne
South Holland
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Rotterdam's spots at the edge of the port. Oostvoorne's huge car beach faces a sheltered bay with mirror-flat, shallow water near the shore, good for learning…
Noordwijk & Katwijk
South Holland
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
North Sea beach resorts between The Hague and Haarlem, with waves breaking on three sandbars one after another and no piers or harbour walls. Riding is only…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Terschelling
Friesland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–Oct
A Wadden island where the wind is often 5–10 knots stronger than on the mainland. The Groene Strand near West-Terschelling has a big shallow area of flat to…
Texel
North Holland
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Sep–May
The largest Wadden island, with North Sea beaches around the island so there is a spot for every wind direction. At De Cocksdorp on the northern tip strong…
The Hague – Scheveningen & Kijkduin
South Holland
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The Hague's city beaches. Scheveningen has a huge soft-sand beach and waves of around 2 m in strong south-westerlies, with a kite area north of the harbour mole…
2 centers · Lessons
Wijk aan Zee & IJmuiden
North Holland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Sep–May
Amsterdam's go-to spots either side of the IJmuiden harbour piers. South of the pier is the widest beach in the Netherlands, with incredibly shallow water for…
2 centers · Lessons
Wolderwijd – Strand Horst
Gelderland
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Apr–Sep
A beach on the Wolderwijd near Ermelo, one of the most popular kite spots in the Netherlands and a favourite for learning. The border lakes between Flevoland…
Workum
Friesland
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Apr–Oct
A wide, shallow stretch of the IJsselmeer with knee- to waist-deep water for hundreds of metres, so falls are harmless and relaunches easy. Wind is frequent in…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Zandvoort & Bloemendaal
North Holland
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Amsterdam's beach, thirty minutes by train, and host of the Red Bull Megaloop. There are two official zones, one by the beach house 'The Spot' in the north and…
Zeeland – Neeltje Jans & Vrouwenpolder
Zeeland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The Walcheren and Oosterschelde barrier coast. At Neeltje Jans by the storm surge barrier the water is flat between the sandbanks with some waves further out…
1 center · LessonsSchools and rental
19 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
Kitesurf school on IJmuiderslag beach since 2012, working from the Hightide beach pavilion.
Cadzand Sports CadzandKitesurf school for Zeeuws-Vlaanderen teaching private or paired lessons on the Zwin beach at Retranchement, all gear included.
Foil School Nederland BrouwersdamThe Brouwersdam's mobile foil school, founded in 2021, teaching on both the sea and the Grevelingen side.
KBC Brouwersdam BrouwersdamKBC's Brouwersdam station runs wing foil courses in groups of at most four.
KiteMobile Ameland AmelandKitesurf school on Ameland teaching on the Wadden side for beginners, with rentals and the North Sea side for wave riders.
KiteSpot Ameland AmelandA kitesurf school at Nes on Ameland teaching individually paced lessons on Core kites, also for larger groups.
Kiteboardschool Den Haag The Hague – Scheveningen & KijkduinKite school in The Hague teaching semi-private lessons at Scheveningen and Kijkduin.
Kitesurfschool Noordwijk Noordwijk & KatwijkIKO school at Noordwijk teaching without mass group lessons, with Bluetooth headsets, and renting North gear.
Kitesurfschool Scheveningen The Hague – Scheveningen & KijkduinIKO-method kite school on the Zuiderstrand at Scheveningen.
Kitesurfschool.nl Callantsoog & Den HelderDutch kite and wing foil school since 1999 teaching in small groups with IKO instructors, including at Callantsoog.
Kitezone Wijk aan Zee & IJmuidenAn Amsterdam-based kite school teaching at IJmuiden in south to west winds, one of few Dutch spots that works in a southerly.
Kitezone IJmeer – MuiderbergAn Amsterdam-based kite school teaching at Muiderberg's shallow, flat water in north to north-east winds.
Soal Surf WorkumSoal Surf teaches windsurf, kite and wing on Workum's IJsselmeer beach in groups of four.
Surfschool Bergen aan Zee Bergen aan ZeeA surf school in Bergen aan Zee.
Vertigo Sports Zeeland – Neeltje Jans & VrouwenpolderKitesurf school started 20 years ago on the wide beach at Vrouwenpolder by the Veerse Dam, with VDWS-certified instructors and wing...
WingMobile WorkumA mobile wing school teaching in Workum, on Ameland and elsewhere in Friesland and Groningen.
Wingfoil Ameland AmelandWing foil centre on Ameland with lessons, packages including accommodation, and a gear shop.
Zeil- & Surfcentrum Brouwersdam BrouwersdamA well-known sail and surf centre at the Brouwersdam with wing foil courses.
Zeil- en Surfschool De Lauwer LauwersmeerSailing and surf school at Lauwersoog with youth camps, private sailing, windsurf and wing lessons, and boat and surf rental.