North Holland, Netherlands
Jun · 53% rideableTexel
What it's actually like
Texel is the island across the water from Den Helder, reached by the TESO ferry, with a wide North Sea beach on one side and the shallow Wadden Sea on the other. Numbered posts with red tops stand along the beach, and the municipality uses them to set out where each beach sport may go.
North of Paal 17, the beach access at De Koog, the sporting beach begins: one of two stretches kept for beach sports that other visitors might find a nuisance. Kitesurfschool Texel has been based at Paal 17 since 2005.
From the Paal 17 access, Kitesurfschool Texel says to walk a little under 250 metres to the right, north along the beach, to its pavilion.
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Your month
When it's good
12 kt+ for 3+ daylight hours · kite
June · 53%. 16 rideable days in 30, 5.2 hours a day over 12 kt. Bring a book.
ERA5 puts the share of rideable days 14.5 points higher here, and no weather station has settled it, so treat these figures as a guide.
At a glance
Is it for you?
Geek analysis
June in the record
53% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
In June the wind most often sits at 8 to 11 kt (32% of daylight hours). No daylight hour is over 12 kt on at least half the days. The best hour is 5pm, on 46% of days. See both charts in the full report
No weather station near enough to check these figures against.
June on the record
The month's own figures, not the year's average.
Take it with you
The full Texel report
Seven sections over six pages, built from the same record as this page. A PDF you can read on the plane.
When it gets busy
Crowds
Jan · LowBusiest from May to September, with the summer holidays, the kite school teaching and events at the Paal 17 pavilion; November to March are the quiet months. Compiled research, not a count. The Round Texel starts and finishes at Paal 17; in 2026 it ran from 4 to 6 June.
On the water
What June usually does
June sits outside the best months here. 53% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
Your playground
Launches & safety
Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.
- Launch
- Hazard
- Parking
- School
- Stay
- Webcam
Local intel
Getting there & on the ground
Stay, schools & kit
Who works this beach
All 3 stays near Texel on one page