Beach Paal 9

Beach entrance Paal 9 on the Hoornderslag near Den Hoorn is the southernmost beach entrance with a pavilion on Texel, towards De Hors.

• Beach pavilion: Paal 9 has a restaurant, a beach kiosk and beach huts for rent, and is open every day; next to it, Surf Center Paal 9 offers surf and kite lessons.
• Swimming: this is the official Grote Vlak swimming location; since 2026 the Texel lifeguards supervise the designated swimming zones from late June to 1 September. You can book a beach wheelchair here.
• Naturist beach: there is a naturist beach between poles 8.0 and 10.1.
• Nature: along the path to the beach stands the Den Hoorn bunker, and further south lies De Hors, a sandbank that joined Texel in 1749.

Beach pavilion at Paal 9

At beach entrance Paal 9 you will find beach pavilion Paal 9, so food and drinks are never far away.

• Paal 9: right at this beach entrance.
• Twaalf: ±2,0 km further along, at beach entrance Paal 12.

Today at the sea

This is the current situation at the sea near beach entrance Paal 9, 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 16:53.

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.