Beach Paal 19

Beach entrance Paal 19 on the Ruijslaan is the southern entrance of De Koog, the busiest beach resort on Texel.

• Beach pavilions: here you find Paal 19 and Zusje 19, and a little further north at pole 19.5 Beachclub Texel, whose kitchen focuses on fish and local produce.
• Surfing: south of the pole there is a water sports zone; Surfschool Foamball teaches here.
• Swimming: this is the De Koog swimming location, with a beach wheelchair; since 2026 the Texel lifeguards supervise the designated swimming zones from late June to 1 September.
• Stay: Grand Hotel Opduin and Villapark Vogelmient lie just behind the dunes.

Beach pavilion at Paal 19

At beach entrance Paal 19 you will find 3 beach pavilions, so food and drinks are never far away.

• Paal 19, De Koog: right at this beach entrance.
• Zusje 19: right at this beach entrance.
• Beachclub Texel: ±350 m from this beach entrance.
• Bries 20: ±650 m further along, at beach entrance Paal 20.
• Dikke Zeehond: ±700 m further along, at beach entrance Paal 20.

Today at the sea

This is the current situation at the sea near beach entrance Paal 19, useful if you are heading to the beach today.

• Weather: 8,9°C, overcast (maximum 9,6°C today); weather forecast.
• Wind: 4 Bft from the northwest.
• Sea water: about 9,6°C.
• Tides: high tide at 08:38 and 21:03; low tide at 03:11 and 15:15; all tides.
• Sun: sunrise 08:00, sunset 16:52.

Dogs on the beach

• On the guarded beaches on Texel are only leased dogs allowed during the period March 1 till September 1. More information on: the Dogmap of Texel
• Outside these abovementioned time periods are dogs (both free-running and leashed) allowed on the beaches of Texel.

Please read the information boards carefully, which are at each beach (entrance).

Horses on the beach

On Texel you may ride on the whole beach from 1 October to 1 May; from 1 May to 1 October only on the recreation and sports beaches, from sunrise to 10:00 and from 19:00 to sunset.