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surfing in Germany
  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!

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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 Borkum, Nordstrand right and left sand-bar all surfers
2 Borkum, Weststrand right and left beach-break all surfers
3 Brandenburg (Sylt, Westerland) right and left beach-break all surfers
4 Buhne   right and left beach-break all surfers
5 Damp 2000 left sand-bar beginners wave
6 Dazendorf right and left beach-break all surfers
7 E-Förde Kiekut Point   right point-break all surfers
8 Eckernförde - Torpedo right and left beach-break experienced surfers
9 Eisbach 12  experienced surfers
10 Flosslände (River) right and left all surfers
11 Helgoland left point-break all surfers
12 K4   right and left sand-bar all surfers
13 Kieler Förde   right and left rivermouth experienced surfers
14 Klein Huntington right and left beach-break beginners wave
15 K`born sand-bar all surfers
16 Lindau Insel beginners wave
17 Norderney right and left beach-break all surfers
18 St. Peter Ording right and left beach-break all surfers
19 Sylt - Hörnum right and left beach-break all surfers
20 sylt - tetrapack right point-break all surfers
21 Sylt - Wenningstedt right and left beach-break all surfers
22 Sylt - Westerland 22  right and left beach-break all surfers
23 Weissenhaus right and left beach-break beginners wave
24 Wustrow right and left beach-break all surfers
25 Zonibombs - Oldenburger right rivermouth all surfers


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Germany at a glance
 
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: 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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Typical Swell Size
1.5m-2m / 5ft-6ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

< 1m / 3ft

< 1m / 3ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

1.5m-2m / 5ft-6ft
Surf Equipment Survival Kit Survival Kit Fullsuit Springsuit Fullsuit Survival Kit
Water temp. 4°C
39°F
6°C
43°F
13°C
55°F
17°C
63°F
14°C
57°F
8°C
46°F
Air temp. 3°C
37°F
5°C
41°F
14°C
57°F
18°C
64°F
13°C
55°F
6°C
43°F
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comment by Edit, 2008-04-01 03:49:16

surfing wustrow?
planning to surf beginning of september in wustrow, anyone any experiences there?
bad or really bad?what equipment to recommend?

comment by Anonymous, 2008-03-25 19:55:13

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

comment by Steven, 2007-07-05 00:13:48

Come to Germany!
Germany is a large place, and it regales many fine waves, particularly in the winter to enjoy. But it is then very cold, therefore will recommended to correctly be equipped. I know that many people have prejudice against Germans, but we welcome you with the opened arms to come, our waves to experience and our culture. The German way is one of discipline and of innovation. We have wonderful waves on our north beaches and also in our rivers! Would you believe that we have river waves of the very high quality? I enjoy, in order to travel the world, for nice surf. The best place, which was I at all, is Indonesia. Native treated well there and excellent waving gave me. Many nice girls live in the there also. I invite all good surfers of the world to come to Germany and to enjoy our attractive ocean! In the winter we have waves upward from 3 meters, but the waves are smaller normally. Get a short board and at the most important, warm rubber, gloves, a hood and hiving!

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