Netherlands / Zeeland
Renesse Strand
Renesse Strand is a coastal resort area in Zeeland, Netherlands. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 9.5 km. 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 45Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 25Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 34Hotels & guesthouses
- 7Campsites
- 3Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 15Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 3Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 35 restaurants, 3 cafés, 6 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 34 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 Renesse Strand
Beach-day index 2.4/10 · 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° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 77 | 66 | 55 | 38 | 56 | 62 | 78 | 87 | 70 | 79 | 81 | 85 |
| Cloud % | 74 | 72 | 66 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 68 | 73 | 74 |
| Wind m/s | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Daylight h | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 |
| Record high/low | 13°/-8° | 15°/-11° | 19°/-7° | 24°/-1° | 26°/4° | 30°/7° | 34°/11° | 32°/11° | 30°/7° | 24°/1° | 18°/-3° | 14°/-8° |
| Beach index | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
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
The beach-day index peaks in August; August scores 5.7/10 with highs of 21 °C, sea at 19.0 °C and 87 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Netherlands in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 11.9 °C, cooler than 85% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (87 mm) and April the driest (38 mm); the yearly total is about 830 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.8 hours in December to 16.6 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:28 and sets at 21:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (355°). Open water fills about 39% 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°.
Sunrise is over the sea in May–August.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the north, 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 3 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 1 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% tree cover, 40% grassland and 14% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 1% of that circle.
- Tree 44%
- Grass 40%
- Built 14%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam | RTM | 52.1 km | north-east |
| Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) Antwerp | ANR | 76.8 km | south-east |
| Ostend-Bruges International Airport Oostende | OST | 85.8 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 15 bus stops within 1.5 km and 25 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 5.4K residents); within 30 km there are 37 (about 212.6K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Blikmuseum de Blikvanger museum 390 m W
Diving & boat hire
- Fixabike Fietsverhuur Renesse 80 m NE
- FiXaBike 150 m N
- Fietsverhuur Fiets Aan Zee 180 m S
Campsites
- Camping de Oase 330 m S
- Sales Siblu de Oase 710 m SE
- Vakantiepark Schouwen 720 m SW
- Holiday in Renesse 750 m S
- De Meidoornhoeve 880 m SW
- Camping Duinhoeve Renesse 990 m NE
Map
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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 15.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1396605663; 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- 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 18.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.