Nearby Strukkamp 1 km · Gollendorf 2 km · Wulfener Hals 6 km · Heiligenhafen Kitebeach 9 km · Grüner Brink 12 km · Pelzerhaken 40 km · straight-line distance
When it fills in
Frontal wind with no daily cycle: it runs day and night with the weather system, so the forecast and the crowd decide the session, not the hour. A light summer high can add a few knots of sea breeze in the afternoon. No local hourly record.
The wind
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
synoptic
fills in: Frontal wind with no daily cycle: it runs day and night with the weather system, so the forecast and the crowd decide the session, not the hour. A light summer high can add a few knots of sea breeze in the afternoon. No local hourly record.
Typical strength
From about 20 knots of west or southwest the deeper water outside the standing area builds chop and ramps around 1 m; below that the inside stays flat and the standing area is the whole point. No station at the spot, so no measured range.
Thermal or synoptic
frontal / synoptic
The quiver, in words
For a 75-85 kg rider, 12 m on a 15-18 knot day, 9 m from about 20 knots when the chop and the small ramps build outside the standing area, 7 m in a hard west-sector front. Summer highs bring plenty of 14-17 m or foil days. Indicative, derived from Baltic wind figures rather than a measurement at Gold.
Direction to shore
SW is sideshore from the left; west-sector winds are generally onshore to side-on for the south-west Fehmarn shore; pure east is offshore.
Dominant direction
SW, W and NW are the directions to come for; best conditions are in west winds, with SW sideshore from the left.
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan94
- Feb87
- Mar, riders' month81
- Apr, riders' month82
- May, riders' month77
- Jun, riders' month71
- Jul, riders' month82
- Aug, riders' month67
- Sep, riders' month70
- Oct, riders' month83
- Nov, riders' month86
- Dec78
per cent of the month at force 4 or more
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 19Jan4°
- 18Feb4°
- 14Mar5°
- 15Apr8°
- 15May13°
- 13Jun18°
- 15Jul19°
- 13Aug20°
- 14Sep18°
- 16Oct13°
- 16Nov9°
- 16Dec5°
avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted
| Month | Force 4+ | Knots | From | Air | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 94% | 18.7 kt | WSW | 3.9°C | 4.3°C |
| Feb | 87% | 18.4 kt | W | 4.7°C | 3.7°C |
| Mar | 81% | 14.4 kt | SW | 5.2°C | 5°C |
| Apr | 82% | 15 kt | ENE | 7.4°C | 7.8°C |
| May | 77% | 14.8 kt | E | 12.7°C | 13°C |
| Jun | 71% | 13.1 kt | WNW | 16.4°C | 18.2°C |
| Jul | 82% | 14.9 kt | W | 17.8°C | 19.4°C |
| Aug | 67% | 12.7 kt | W | 18.9°C | 19.7°C |
| Sep | 70% | 13.6 kt | E | 16.2°C | 18.3°C |
| Oct | 83% | 15.7 kt | SSW | 12.4°C | 13.4°C |
| Nov | 86% | 15.8 kt | SW | 7.2°C | 9.1°C |
| Dec | 78% | 16.2 kt | WSW | 4.2°C | 5.4°C |
modelled
A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.
Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2022-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.
ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2022-2024
The water
Type
Baltic Sea lagoon / shallow flatwater
Standing depth
Large standing-depth area: the kite zone is mostly hip deep over fine sand and standing depth throughout.
Tides
No tide dependence at Gold; this is a Baltic/Orther Reede spot with wind-driven water level more relevant than astronomical tide.
Temperature
17°C summer · 4°C winter
Wetsuit
A wetsuit for most of the season, with neoprene socks in spring and autumn; Fehmarn water averages about 17 C in summer and 4 C in winter.
Your level
The scene
What riders come here for
Launch and rules
three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you
With a school or a boat
10 schools name this spot
On your own
Room to launch: Narrow launch and landing strip on a dike beach - it congests fast on a good west-wind day - with wide shallow water beyond it once you are out.
Somewhere else
Strukkamp, 1 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
Park in the large paid car park with public toilets, then walk 300-400 m: about 200 m to the water and another 200 m right past the windsurf area to the kite zone on the dike. Launch on the sandy beach on the dike side.The launch and landing strip itself is narrow, so rig, launch and move out of the way; a pedestrian and cycle path runs immediately behind it.
Space
Narrow launch and landing strip on a dike beach - it congests fast on a good west-wind day - with wide shallow water beyond it once you are out.
Rules & access
- 2026: kiters walk past the windsurfing area to the separate kite zone and stay in it during the season. Since the end of 2006 a nature-protection restriction bans riding directly in front of the two small islands or between them.
- 2026: the town's watersport rules require users to keep to the permitted kite and surf areas and to stay out of breeding and ecologically sensitive areas, and mobile surf and kite schools must register with the town administration before operating.
- 2026: the car park at the spot is paid, around EUR 2 a day for a car and EUR 3 for a bus.
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Park in the big paid car park with the toilets and keep the shore road clear; it is about 200 m to the water and another 200 m right to the kite zone.
- Walk right past the windsurf area before you launch; the kite zone starts beyond it.
- Stay out of the water in front of and between the two small islands; that has been a nature-protection area since the end of 2006.
- Arrive early on summer west-wind days, before the launch and line space is gone.
- Pack neoprene socks in spring and autumn; the bottom is fine sand but the water is cold.
- In SW wind watch the very shallow patches and the sea grass on the inside.
- Fit a weed fin. Sea grass on the inside is the standard complaint here, and it is worse in southwest wind.
- Land, pack and clear the strip. The launch area is narrow and there is a cycle path right behind it.
- Nobody is watching the water. Ride with someone who will notice you are gone.
- Keep north of the kite zone in mind at low water: there are big stones in there toward the protected area.
Getting there
Airport
Hamburg Airport (HAM)
Route
By car take the A1 north; shortly before Fehmarn it becomes the B207/E47 over the Fehmarnsund Bridge. Take the first exit after the bridge toward Landkirchen/Petersdorf, then follow the signs toward Albertsdorf and Gold.
Transfer
90 min
Cost level
medium
Staying
Very little lodging at the spot itself: a guesthouse and Camping Strukkamp nearby. The rest of Fehmarn has plenty of apartments, guesthouses and campsites.
No-wind days
SUP on Orther Reede · cycling on Fehmarn · Burg auf Fehmarn · Meereszentrum Fehmarn · U-Boot-Museum Burgstaaken · wakeboarding in Wulfen
FAQ
Is Gold auf Fehmarn suitable for beginners?
Yes, the large hip-deep, sandy standing-depth area at Orther Reede is one of Fehmarn's main teaching spots for beginners and improvers, and it also draws advanced freestylers in stronger wind.
What is the wind like?
Southwest, west and northwest are the most consistently recommended directions, with southwest arriving sideshore; pure east wind is offshore.
Are there rules or restricted zones?
Kiters use a separate marked kite zone reached by walking past the windsurfing area, and a rule dating to 2006 forbids riding directly in front of or between the two small islands offshore.
When is the best time to kite here?
The season runs from March through November, with the water busiest and warmest from May to September.
What are the main hazards?
Very shallow water and sea grass are common, especially in southwest wind, and the spot gets crowded with schools and freeriders on good west-wind days.
Last updated: August 2026