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Kitesurfing in South Holland
6 spots · 2 destinations · 18 schools
South Holland's spots cluster around Rotterdam's port and The Hague's coast, and most of them are stacked against beginners: NKV rates Scheveningen, Ouddorp, Maasvlakte 2's Slufter and Oostvoornse Meer as advanced water, while Hoek van Holland demands current management right where the Nieuwe Waterweg shipping channel meets the sea.
Kijkduin's Zandmotor lagoon, built by a coastal sand project, is the one shallow exception in the region.
South Holland holds 6 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 2 destinations. Riding here is mostly waves and lagoons. The season runs March to November. 1 of them suits beginners. 18 schools operate in the region. The busiest areas are Brouwersdam and Den Haag coast.
When you may ride
the rules these spots carry, with the year on each
Hoek van HollandDen Haag coast20262026: kite only inside the marked watersport zone, about 500 m of beach between Beachclub Royal at Zeekant and the lifeguard post at Rechtestraat, and start and land only between the marker boards, on roughly 150 m of sand.
KijkduinDen Haag coast20262026: Kijkduin - Zandmotor is open all year, with safe directions NW, W, SW and NE. Use the sandy start and landing zone and follow the signs on site and the usual right-of-way.
Maasvlakte 2 – SlufterMaasvlakte (Port of Rotterdam)20262026: Maasvlakte 2 - Slufter is open all year, safe wind directions W, SW and S. The vulnerable nature reserve south of the spot is off limits to kiters.
Oostvoornse MeerVoorne aan Zee (Rijnmond)2026two versions2026: the lake is open all year and no permit is named anywhere.
OuddorpZeeland Delta - Goeree-Overflakkee20262026: Ouddorp is an official kitespot for advanced riders, open all year, with safe wind directions N, NW, W and NE.
ScheveningenDen Haag coast2026has a date window2026: from 1 June to 31 August, and again on 1 January, the beach is zoned.
Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.
The winds here
what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote
No wind is named across this region
Fewer than two of its spots give the wind a local name. Each spot page carries its own directions and knots.
Destinations in South Holland
All spots in South Holland
Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.
Last updated September 2026