De Panne Beach

West Flanders · 🇧🇪 Belgium

Belgium's widest beach — a vast flat expanse of firm sand beneath big dunes, the birthplace of sand-yachting.

Sea temperature

~17°C in the warm season

Water

Shallow, gentle North Sea blue

Sand

Very wide, flat pale sand

Swimming

Very shallow with a huge tidal range

Surf

Land-yachting rather than surf

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Belgium's widest beach, birthplace of sand-yachting, beside high dunes

Beach type

Cold-water coast

Blue Flag

Yes

Region

Europe

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Photo: Marc Ryckaert (CC BY 3.0) · source