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Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Geographic coordinates: 51 00 N, 9 00 E
Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm foehn wind
Terrain: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
Natural hazards: flooding
Currency: euro (EUR)
Surfing in Germany has always been and probably will always be something exotic! This is mainly due to the fact that the German North Sea coast is a unique phenomenon, the so called "Wattenmeer" which is at low- tide a muddy 30 km wide beach-like stretch in front of the coast, that doesn´t allow swell to hit. The only place where acceptable waves are to be had are the islands, which are positioned at the end of the Wattenmeer and can only be reached by long and expensive ferry rides(sometimes they make you pay for your board as well). The Baltic Sea gets some waves, but not as frequent as the North Sea, and smaller. Nevertheless for surfers from Hamburg and north Germany in general, good spots in Denmark are only a 4 hours ride and definitely worth a weekend or day trip on a good swell. Surfers from the western metropolitan area "Ruhrpott" even have acceptable surf in 2+ hours reach at the dutch coast. The rest of Germany had better move!
Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Geographic coordinates: 51° 0' N, 9° 0' E
Coastline km: 2,389 km km
Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
Terrain: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
Elevation: lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
Natural hazards: flooding
Currency: euro (EUR)
Population: 82,422,299 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: German
Capital: Berlin
Divisions: 13 states (Laender, singular - Land) and 3 free states* (Freistaaten, singular - Freistaat); Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bayern*, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen*, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thueringen*
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Surf Equipment | Survival Kit | Survival Kit | Fullsuit | Springsuit | Fullsuit | Survival Kit |
Water temp. | 4°C | 6°C | 13°C | 17°C | 14°C | 8°C |
Air temp. | 3°C | 5°C | 14°C | 18°C | 13°C | 6°C |
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Surf Spots (33) | ![]() ![]() |
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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Borkum, Nordstrand | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Sand-bar | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Borkum, Weststrand | 6 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Brandenburg (Sylt, Westerland) | 1 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Buhne | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | |||
Dahme | 1 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Damp 2000 | 2 / 1 | ![]() |
Left | Sand-bar | ![]() |
Beginners wave | |
Dazendorf | 5 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
E-Förde Kiekut Point | - / - | ![]() |
Right | Point-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Eisbach | 16 / 1 | ![]() |
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Experienced surfers | |||
Flosslände (River) | 5 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Helgoland | 9 / - | ![]() |
Left | Point-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
K4 | - / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Sand-bar | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Kieler Förde | - / - | Right and left | Rivermouth | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Klein Huntington | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Beginners wave | |
Kühlungsborn | 3 / - | ![]() |
Left | Sand-bar | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Lindau Insel | 9 / - | ![]() |
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Beginners wave | |||
Lippe | 2 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Neuhaus | - / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
Norderney | 13 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Pegnitz (river) | 1 / 2 | ![]() |
Right and left | All surfers | |||
Pegnitz, Fuchsloch | - / - | ![]() |
Don't know | Don't know | ![]() |
Don't know | |
St. Peter Ording | 2 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
staberhuk | 1 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | |
Sylt - Hörnum | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
sylt - tetrapack | 4 / - | Right | Point-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Sylt - Wenningstedt | 12 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Sylt - Westerland | 22 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
Timmendorfer Strand | - / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Warnemünde | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right | Sand-bar | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Weissenhäuser Strand | 8 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | Beginners wave | |||
Westermarkelsdorf | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Wustrow | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Zonibombs - Oldenburger | 1 / - | Right | Rivermouth | All surfers |
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By Edit , 01-04-2008
surfing wustrow? - planning to surf beginning of september in wustrow, anyone any experiences there?
bad or really bad?what equipment to recommend?
By Anonymous , 25-03-2008
Hamburg visit - I have been surfing the gulfcoast of the United States for that past 25 years. I will be in Hamburg for two months, May and June (w/o surfboard). Please advise on surfboard rental, water temperatures, best surf locations and mode of travel from Hamburg. Thank you, BRM
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By Anonymous , 11-01-2010
surfing Rostock - Hi moving to Berlin in the next month and need to find the closest wave so i dont go too insane. will be going to Rostock on a regular basis.Any waves there???