Dog Beaches on Texel, Paal 8 to Paal 31 Year-Round Off-Leash

The closest year-round off-leash dog beach to the southern villages and the TESO ferry, reached by a 1 km boardwalk from the Mokweg car park through the dunes. Wide sand at low tide, gently sloping water, and almost no surf on most days because the Mokbaai breaks the swell to the south. Quieter than the De Koog Paal 17 beach even in July, and a 5-minute drive from Den Hoorn village for lunch at Bij Jef.

The most popular year-round off-leash dog beach on Texel, fronted by the Paal 17 Strandpaviljoen pavilion at the south end of De Koog. Wide sand, gentle surf, the De Koog village two minutes inland for ice cream stops, and 17 km of uninterrupted off-leash beach to the south (September 15 to April 30) when the seasonal rules drop. The pavilion keeps water bowls outside year-round.

The two northern year-round off-leash dog beaches at the foot of the Eierland lighthouse, reached from De Cocksdorp by the Vuurtorenweg in 5 minutes. Paal 28 sits south of the lighthouse with a small dune car park; Paal 31 sits north and connects to the wild De Slufter mouth at low tide. The least crowded year-round beaches on Texel even on August weekends, and the only spot to combine an off-leash run with the red Eierland lighthouse photo.