North-facing spot with a very broad wind range. The Point gives the best flat-water conditions at low-to-mid tide when the sandbanks show — ideal for freestyle and blasting. The Street is the neighbouring launch on the same stretch, used when the spit is exposed on that side. As the tide rises it gets choppier but remains workable for experienced riders. Beginner windows exist when the banks are showing and conditions are light. Schools & shops: Kitesurf Kent School, Tide Watersports, Boardworx.
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
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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 heights — next 7 days(chart datum at Whitstable Approaches)
No measured beach/groyne height for this spot yet — log a beach report to add one.
🧭 Wind directions
Tankerton/Whitstable, North Kent, faces ~N into the estuary. Wide W-through-E onshore arc; S is offshore over the land.
green = works (brightest = side-on) · blue = cross-shore · orange = side-off / unproven (care) · red = offshore, never · grey = excluded locally
Next 7 days at WhitstableLighter option: Tue 27 Oct ~19 kt — GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot. AROME and UKV 2km agree (within ~2 kt) over the next 60 h — confidence good (lead model here: UKV 2km).
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.
Brief peak — under the 2-hour session rule. ~16 kt W in the tide window but the ≥15 kt stretch lasts under 2 hours — not a full session for a long drive; locals already nearby might grab it. ★ Gets dark at 17:53 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Confidence: looking solid — 80% chance of 12 kt+ in the window · Met Office ensemble, next 54 h
Not kiteable today — wind from SW. Peak 16 kt from SW is cross-offshore (side-off) at Whitstable. Working directions here: W / WNW / NW / NNW / N / NNE ….
Marginal — ~10 kt, big kites only. Peak ~10 kt WSW in the tide window. marginal — big kites (15 m+)/foils — most riders won't get planing; 15 m+/foil specialists only. ★ Gets dark at 17:49 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
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.
