Knokke, Belgium

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Beach near Cadzand - panoramio — Surfers Paradise-Knokke. Photo: T. Thielemans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Knokke

Knokke is a town in West Flanders, Belgium. From Knokke you can reach 10 surf spots. The nearest is Surfers Paradise-Knokke, a surf spot 2.3 km from the centre. Overture lists 22 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is OST, 35 km away.

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Staying in Knokke

22 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: OST, 35 km, ANR, 81 km, LIL, 89 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Knokke.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Knokke each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 7 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Knokke too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodBest spot that day for beginnersUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Surfers Paradise-Knokke2.3 kmabout 5 min by car

3 ft38 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft7 kJ

1 ft10 kJ

3 ft47 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Surfers Paradise-Knokke, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	48, good	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	28, too small	1 ft5 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	20, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	33, poor	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	2 ft4 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	14°C
Fri 23Oct	21, poor	1 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 25 knots, offshore	12°C
Sat 24Oct	21, poor	3 ft6 smushy	47kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	11°C

't Zwin3.6 kmabout 10 min by carStays in Cadzand, 3 km

3 ft38 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft7 kJ

1 ft14 kJ

3 ft47 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at 't Zwin, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	47, fair	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	29, too small	1 ft5 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	20, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	27, poor	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	2 ft4 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	14°C
Fri 23Oct	15, poor	1 ft6 smushy	14kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 29 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	21, poor	3 ft6 smushy	47kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	11°C

Cadzand6.3 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Cadzand

3 ft38 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft7 kJ

1 ft14 kJ

3 ft47 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Cadzand, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	47, fair	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	29, too small	1 ft5 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots, offshore	14°C
Wed 21Oct	27, poor	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	2 ft4 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	14°C
Fri 23Oct	13, poor	1 ft6 smushy	14kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 29 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	21, poor	3 ft6 smushy	47kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	11°C

Bay of Heist6 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Heist

3 ft38 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft10 kJ

3 ft47 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Bay of Heist, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	37, fair	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	17, too small	1 ft5 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots, offshore	13°C
Thu 22Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the south-west, 17 knots, offshore	14°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	1 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 24 knots, offshore	13°C
Sat 24Oct	26, poor	3 ft6 smushy	47kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots	11°C

Li'l J-Bay5.5 kmabout 10 min by car

3 ft38 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft10 kJ

3 ft47 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Li'l J-Bay, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	37, fair	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	22, too small	1 ft5 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	16, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	21, too small	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots, offshore	13°C
Thu 22Oct	27, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the south-west, 17 knots, offshore	14°C
Fri 23Oct	13, too small	1 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 24 knots, offshore	13°C
Sat 24Oct	26, poor	3 ft6 smushy	47kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots	11°C

Blankenberge Oosterstaketsel15.3 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Blankenberge, 2 kmIntermediate and up

4 ft88 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft6 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

3 ft71 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Blankenberge Oosterstaketsel, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	55, good	4 ft6 smushy	88kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	13°C
Wed 21Oct	14, too small	2 ft3 smushy	6kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	12, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-west, 15 knots	14°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 23 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	25, poor	3 ft6 smushy	71kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	11°C

Blankenberge Pier13.3 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Blankenberge, 1 kmIntermediate and up

4 ft88 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft6 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

3 ft71 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Blankenberge Pier, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	51, good	4 ft6 smushy	88kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, offshore	14°C
Wed 21Oct	13, too small	2 ft3 smushy	6kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots, offshore	14°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-west, 19 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	4, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 27 knots	13°C
Sat 24Oct	20, poor	3 ft6 smushy	71kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	12°C

Casino break3.1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft74 kJ

1 ft8 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

2 ft5 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

3 ft59 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Casino break, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	53, good	4 ft5 smushy	74kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	13, too small	1 ft5 smushy	8kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	9, too small	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	12, too small	2 ft3 smushy	5kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots, offshore	13°C
Thu 22Oct	10, too small	1 ft5 smushy	3kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, offshore	14°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 24 knots, offshore	13°C
Sat 24Oct	25, poor	3 ft6 smushy	59kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots	11°C

Off Shore Blankenberge13.3 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Blankenberge, 1 kmIntermediate and up

4 ft88 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft6 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

3 ft71 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Off Shore Blankenberge, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	51, good	4 ft6 smushy	88kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	15°C
Tue 20Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, offshore	14°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	2 ft3 smushy	6kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots, offshore	14°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-west, 19 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	4, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 27 knots	13°C
Sat 24Oct	20, poor	3 ft6 smushy	71kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	12°C

Zeebrugge10.1 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Zeebrugge, 2 kmIntermediate and up

4 ft88 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft6 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

3 ft71 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Zeebrugge, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	52, good	4 ft6 smushy	88kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots, offshore	15°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots, offshore	14°C
Wed 21Oct	8, too small	2 ft3 smushy	6kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	13°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-west, 17 knots	14°C
Fri 23Oct	5, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 24 knots	13°C
Sat 24Oct	16, poor	3 ft6 smushy	71kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots	11°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Knokke, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Knokke

CarcasseSteakhouse · 0.3 km from the centre
La CibouletteFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
Le Bistro De La MerFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
VlinderhofFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
Ten BosFrench · 0.6 km from the centre
De SnippeFrench · 1.4 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits