Secret spot?We can hide it! Oostende Surf Forecast / Belgium – West Coast / Belgium6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 12 pm Monday 13 Feb 2012Oostende surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 35 | 45 | 360 | 639 | 326 | 260 | 592 | 627 | 473 | 200 | 132 | 47 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 105 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | on | cross- on |
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on | cross- on |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Oostende blow from the SE
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High Tide / height (m) |
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5:29PM 4.45 |
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5:52AM 4.39 |
6:28PM 4.19 |
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6:54AM 4.15 |
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7:38PM 3.92 |
8:10AM 3.92 |
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8:54PM 3.72 |
9:30AM 3.81 |
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10:16PM 3.71 |
10:49AM 3.93 |
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11:27PM 3.90 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
11:43AM 0.13 |
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11:55PM 0.47 |
12:31PM 0.30 |
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12:48AM 0.60 |
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1:26PM 0.53 |
1:52AM 0.77 |
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2:34PM 0.76 |
3:13AM 0.87 |
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4:04PM 0.88 |
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4:47AM 0.79 |
5:27PM 0.80 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Cadzand, Netherlands which is 35 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Oostende. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Show advanced wave information
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Today's Oostende sea temperature is 6.4 °C (Statistics for 13 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 6.7 max: 8.9 min: 4.1 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Wed morning, min 4°C on Mon morning) Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Wed morning, moderate winds from the NNW by Wed night) | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon Low air temperatures (max 8°C on Fri afternoon, min 4°C on Sat night) Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat morning) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| High °C | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| Low °C | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 8:06 | - | - | 8:03 | - | - | 8:02 | - | - | 8:00 | - | - | 7:58 | - | - | 7:56 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 17:59 | - | - | 18:00 | - | - | 18:01 | - | - | 18:04 | - | - | 18:06 | - | - | 18:07 | - | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Oostende surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Oostende at:
surf-forecast.com
Information about the Oostende Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Oostende provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at Oostende can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Oostende surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Oostende) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Oostende may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Oostende is 2 km (1 miles) from Ostend. If you plan a holiday in West Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Ostend. Ostend has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
