Kayak camping, tides & launches: Wadden Sea: Dutch Islands & Friesland

Wadden Sea: Dutch Islands & Friesland: Coastal paddling with 678 campsites, 249 boat launches and 22 tide stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (97 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Wadden Sea on the mapTides at Holwerd, Veersteiger
678campsites
249boat launches
22tide stations
97 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 1 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (80)

Permit, protocol or private (9)

Free or backcountry (2)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (575)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Boat launches

Plus 241 unnamed launches on the map.

Camping and tides in Netherlands

Astronomical tides from Rijkswaterstaat, in NAP. Wild camping is not allowed in the Netherlands; the Wadden islands have campsites and small “natuurkampeerterreinen”. Much of the Wadden Sea is closed to landing on bird and seal banks. All Netherlands regions.

Download for GPS and other map apps

680 campsites and 250 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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