Iconic long sandy beach near Rye — the spiritual home of UK kitesurfing. Works in ESE through WSW with S–SW the classic directions. Tide is critical: mid to low is the target — absolutely no kiting within 2.5 hours either side of HW, when the beach disappears against the sea wall. Mix of flat sections, bump-and-jump, and small waves depending on wind angle. Can get busy at weekends. Schools: The Kitesurf Centre, Camber Kitesurfing.
Public-model blend: Met Office UKV 2km (direct), Met Office Global 10km (direct), AROME-FR, IFS-HRES, ICON, GFS (via Open-Meteo) and MET Norway, averaged across every model that covers each hour, out to day 7; temperature from the Met Office feeds
Last updated
Page rebuilt: 25 October 2026 16:20 GMT Forecast data: 25 October 2026 15:30 GMT Tide data: 25 October 2026 16:20 GMT
🌊 Tide & beach state
🚦 Tide zones (daylight, BST):Red = NO KITING — over high tide the water covers the groynes and the beach goes narrow (no-kiting zone). Green = kite the tide down, through low and back up. Grey = early-morning session.
Sun 25:08:05–12:55 NO KITING·12:55–17:55 KITE Mon 26:08:10–13:40 NO KITING·13:40–17:50 KITE Tue 27:08:10–08:50 early session·08:50–14:20 NO KITING·14:20–17:50 KITE Wed 28:08:10–09:30 early session·09:30–15:00 NO KITING·15:00–17:50 KITE
🏖️ Beach access:About 40 m of dry beach available to rig (water has dropped below this height). Reached when the tide falls below ≈5.23 m (chart datum at Dungeness) · provisional (1 report).
Heights vs the measured beach/groyne line ≈5.23 m: green = below (kite window) · red = at/above (NO KITING)
🧭 Wind directions
Camber Sands faces ~SSE. Onshore ESE-through-SW; HARD NO around high water (sea wall). NE–N is offshore over the dunes.
green = works (brightest = side-on) · blue = cross-shore · orange = side-off / unproven (care) · red = offshore, never · grey = excluded locally
Next 7 days at Camber SandsBest of the week: Mon 26 Oct, ~22 kt around 12:00–15:00 BST (GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot) — very gusty (+14 kt), hard work, good kiters only. Lighter option: Tue 27 Oct ~25 kt — GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot. Models diverge on Tuesday: UKV 20 kt vs AROME 15 kt — lower confidence; lead model here is AROME (this spot sits close to France — locals rate it), check both before driving.
Windguru forecast
7-day forecast
Wind scale:<1010–1112–1314–1516–1920–2930+ kt ⚠
Public-model blend, for the full 7 days: The Met Office UKV 2km and Global 10km runs are read directly from the Met Office open-data feeds; AROME-FR 1.3km, IFS-HRES 9km, ICON and GFS come via Open-Meteo, plus MET Norway. Direction is a circular mean; gusts average only the models that publish an hourly-maximum gust. These numbers are raw model output with no coastal correction, so in the same weather they can read a little lighter than a coastally-corrected forecast — treat them as a floor rather than a ceiling. Temperature is from the Met Office runs (interpolated between 3-hourly steps on later days). No sea-state data is available. Tides from UKHO Admiralty (BST, 7-day window). The Windguru widget above is the unmodified Windguru forecast and is a useful cross-check.
Runs out of daylight — ~15 kt W. Working direction (W) with ~15 kt for 3 h inside the tide window (17:00–20:10 BST around the low tide). an OK session on a 12 m — powered-down at the bottom end. ★ Gets dark at 17:53 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Confidence: could go either way — 67% chance of 12 kt+ in the window · Met Office ensemble, next 54 h
Best window detail — 14:11–16:46 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~19 kt in the low-tide window.
Good session — ~20 kt SW in the green window (15:00–17:51 BST). Working direction (SW) with ~20 kt for 6 h inside the tide window (14:55–20:55 BST around the low tide). GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot. ★ Gets dark at 17:51 — window trimmed to daylight (15:00–17:51 BST); the wind carries on past sunset if you are happy riding into dusk.
Confidence: looking solid — 90% chance of 15 kt+ in the window; 62% it reaches the 9–12 m sweet spot · Met Office ensemble, next 54 h
Best window detail — 14:54–16:44 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~21 kt in the low-tide window.
Runs out of daylight — ~24 kt SSW. Working direction (SSW) with ~24 kt for 5 h inside the tide window (05:00–09:10 BST around the low tide). GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot. Early-bird window (low water before 08:30) — fine if you can get there, but on the early side for most. ★ Gets dark at 17:49 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Best window detail — 06:40–09:11 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~24 kt in the low-tide window. Early-bird session — on the water near sunrise; allow ~2 h for the drive.
Pick a past day to compare three things: the forecast we published (frozen before each hour, never revised afterwards), the wind that actually happened (Open-Meteo reanalysis, hours 05:00–21:00 UK), and what the live weather stations near the spot actually recorded (amber, from 2 Aug 2026). You can go right up to today — today shows the forecast and the live stations; the reanalysis for today lands tomorrow morning.
Important: Forecasts are model-derived and may change. Always verify on Windguru and check local tide tables before you go. LKSA accepts no liability for decisions made based on this forecast.
