Spot guide IJsselmeer / Workum
About this spot
Workum is one of the eleven historical cities in the Dutch province of Fryslân (Friesland). Workum is connected to the IJsselmeer by a canal about two kilometres long and has several marinas. Tourism and recreational boating are very important for the local economy.
The local, long sandy beaches are suitable for surfers of all experience levels and only rarely really crowded with visitors. The water is relatively shallow up to 500m from the shore, a sandbank in front of the beach reduces the amount of waves. There are several kitesurfing schools on site.
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Additional information
General
This is the spotguide for IJsselmeer / Workum in Friesland, Netherlands. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.
Spot guide
This is the spotguide for IJsselmeer / Workum in Friesland, Netherlands. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding.
Severe Weather Warnings
When a severe weather warning or advisory is provided by the local meteorological institute, we display it as a banner above the wind forecast.
The weather warning, for example a high wind warning, can help you prepare for dangerous weather conditions and avoid weather-related risks. The color scale indicates the intensity of the predicted weather event. For more details click or tap on the warning. General information about severe weather warnings can be found in our help section.
Please be aware that severe weather may occur without a prior severe weather warning being reported.
Units
We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.
Help
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