Big sandy bay east of Margate with an expansive tidal pool. Works in a broad N / NE / E / SE arc — a good Thanet alternative to Minnis when the wind backs east. Shallow and flat at low tide, popular with novices. Kite Pirates run sessions here.
No measured beach/groyne height for this spot yet — log a beach report to add one.
🧭 Wind directions
Walpole Bay, Margate, faces ~NE. Onshore N-through-SE arc; SW–W is offshore over the town.
green = works (brightest = side-on) · blue = cross-shore · orange = side-off / unproven (care) · red = offshore, never · grey = excluded locally
Next 7 days at Walpole BayLighter option: Sun 6 Sep ~13 kt — marginal — larger kites (14 m+). Models diverge on Sunday: UKV 11 kt vs AROME 16 kt — lower confidence; lead model here is UKV 2km, check both before driving.
Windguru forecast
7-day forecast
Wind scale:<1010–1112–1314–1516–1920–2930+ kt ⚠
Multi-model composite: the first 60 hours come from AROME-FR 1.3km and UKV 2km (AROME first, UKV filling its gaps); beyond 60 h the best available of HARM-DK 2km → ICON 2.2km → Zephr-HD 2.6km → IFS-HRES 9km → GFS 13km extends the table to the end of day 7. Temperature blended from GFS. Tides from UKHO Admiralty (BST, 7-day window). Always verify on Windguru.
Not kiteable today — wind from W. Peak 20 kt from W is cross-offshore (side-off) at Walpole Bay. Working directions here: NNE / NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE.
Time
Wind
Gust
Dir
Cloud
Temp
14:00
20 kt
26 kt
→ W
100%
21°C
15:00
19 kt
25 kt
→ WNW
100%
21°C
16:00
22 kt
27 kt
→ W
100%
21°C
17:00
21 kt
28 kt
→ W
100%
21°C
18:00
20 kt
25 kt
↘ WNW
100%
21°C
19:00
20 kt
26 kt
↘ WNW
100%
20°C
20:00
19 kt
25 kt
→ WNW
100%
20°C
21:00
18 kt
23 kt
→ WNW
—
20°C
Sat 5 Sep
HW 06:05 4.0mLW 12:25 1.3mHW 18:40 4.2m
Not kiteable today — wind from WNW. Peak 15 kt from WNW is not a working direction at Walpole Bay. Working directions here: NNE / NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE. WNW sits exactly on the line with cross-offshore (side-off) here — a borderline call on a bearing we estimate, so treat it as the more cautious of the two.
Not kiteable today — wind from WSW. Peak 16 kt from WSW is cross-offshore (side-off) at Walpole Bay. Working directions here: NNE / NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE. WSW sits exactly on the line with offshore here — a borderline call on a bearing we estimate, so treat it as the more cautious of the two.
Not kiteable today — wind from W. Peak 17 kt from W is cross-offshore (side-off) at Walpole Bay. Working directions here: NNE / NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE.
Time
Wind
Gust
Dir
Cloud
Temp
06:00
19 kt
29 kt
↗ SW
99%
16°C
09:00
18 kt
24 kt
↗ SW
73%
16°C
12:00
18 kt
23 kt
→ WSW
10%
17°C
15:00
15 kt
21 kt
→ W
18%
19°C
18:00
15 kt
18 kt
→ WSW
62%
19°C
Wed 9 Sep
LW 05:25 1.2mHW 11:35 4.4mLW 18:05 0.6m
Not kiteable today — wind from W. Peak 14 kt from W is cross-offshore (side-off) at Walpole Bay. Working directions here: NNE / NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE.
Not kiteable today — wind from SW. Peak 22 kt from SW is offshore (blows straight out to sea) at Walpole Bay. Working directions here: NNE / NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE.
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.
