Netherlands / Zeeland
Oostkapelle Strand
Oostkapelle Strand is a coastal resort area in Zeeland, Netherlands. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 15.6 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 19.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 5.7 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.1 m/s in January, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 15Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 7Public toilets
- –Showers
- 46Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 20Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Campsites
- 2Grocery shops
- 2Water-sports spots
- 20Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 12 restaurants and 3 cafés. Accommodation: 20 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Oostkapelle Strand
Beach-day index 2.0/10 · Netherlands median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 6.4 °C | 5.7 °C | 6.3 °C | 8.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 15.0 °C | 17.6 °C | 19.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 14.8 °C | 11.4 °C | 8.3 °C |
| High °C | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 80 | 68 | 57 | 38 | 54 | 59 | 75 | 87 | 72 | 87 | 89 | 91 |
| Cloud % | 82 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 78 | 83 | 83 |
| Wind m/s | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Daylight h | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 7.9 |
| Record high/low | 12°/-3° | 12°/-5° | 16°/-5° | 19°/1° | 21°/5° | 25°/9° | 30°/13° | 29°/14° | 26°/10° | 21°/5° | 16°/-0° | 13°/-4° |
| Beach index | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
No month reaches 5.5 on the beach-day index; the best is August at 4.7/10, held back mainly by cool air (highs of 20 °C) and cold water (19.0 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 11.9 °C, cooler than 85% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (91 mm) and April the driest (38 mm); the yearly total is about 860 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.9 hours in December to 16.6 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:29 and sets at 21:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (330°). Open water fills about 25% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in April–August; in mid-June it goes down at 22:04 local time on a bearing of 311°.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the north-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 7 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 1 m above sea level 500 m inland and 2 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 33% grassland, 31% tree cover and 23% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a mixed, lightly developed setting.
- Grass 33%
- Tree 31%
- Crop 23%
- Built 12%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ostend-Bruges International Airport Oostende | OST | 62.1 km | south-west |
| Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam | RTM | 74.9 km | north-east |
| Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) Antwerp | ANR | 75.8 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 20 bus stops within 1.5 km and 46 mapped car parks within 1 km.
14 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 74.8K residents); within 30 km there are 37 (about 234K).
Around the beach
Diving & boat hire
- Bicycle Rental Festina Lente 320 m E
- Bike2Rent 370 m NE
Campsites
- Ons Buiten 430 m SW
- Camping in de Bongerd 450 m SE
- Vakantiepark de Pekelinge 950 m S
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oostkapelle Strand | – | 19.0 °C | 15.6 km | Sand |
| Vrouwenpolder Strand | 4.7 km E | 19.0 °C | 323 m | – |
| Domburg Strand | 5.1 km W | 18.9 °C | 682 m | Sand |
| Zoutelande Strand | 8.3 km SW | 18.9 °C | 844 m | Sand |
| Westkapelle Strand | 8.6 km SW | 18.9 °C | 1.3 km | Sand |
| Dishoek Strand | 10.0 km S | 19.2 °C | 5.2 km | – |
| Vlissingen Strand | 13.1 km S | 19.2 °C | 592 m | – |
- Vrouwenpolder Strand4.7 km ECompare
- Domburg Strand5.1 km WCompare
- Zoutelande Strand8.3 km SWCompare
- Westkapelle Strand8.6 km SWCompare
- Dishoek Strand10.0 km SCompare
- Vlissingen Strand13.1 km SCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 8.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1413246539; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_31UET_20250621_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 3.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.