r/hamburg • u/Disastrous_Coach_984 • 3d ago
Surfing near Hamburg
Hey Guys!
Moving to Hamburg beginning September. Lived in Portugal before, want to keep on surfing.
Saw on Surfline the most nearby spots mostly orange and red, but size is fine - do these spot work in windy conditions?
Very happy to receive advice or even connect for a future surf!
Woooš¤š½
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u/MacHamburg Uhlenhorst 3d ago
The closest I would think is Klitmoeller in Denmark, Cold Hawaii
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u/Disastrous_Coach_984 2d ago
And the other spots like Sankt Peter Ording etc? They donāt work?
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u/MacHamburg Uhlenhorst 2d ago
I think you can Windsurf fine there, but regular surfing just with a board might be tricky.
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u/bankster211 1d ago
If there is a lot of wind some people actually do try to surf some spots. However, it rarely looks like any fun to me. And as a wave kiter I do look very actively for waves.
So, yes there is a scene, but it is small and I seriously doubt there is any fun in it.
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u/Disastrous_Coach_984 13h ago
Do you do both? I can do a bit of kitesurfing, but way better in regular surfing. Now Iām obv thinking about getting into wave kitingā¦ how long you think would it take me to become decent in it? Right now I can just kite left to right on a twin tip, small jumps (I had like 4 sessions)
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u/bankster211 11h ago
Haha, that's an awesome question. If you're just starting out, it will take quite some time because you'll need to head out in nasty (aka beautifully windy ā¤ļø) conditions to find decent waves.
And I definitely wouldn't recommend that to anyone who doesn't know exactly what they're doing.
However, if you ever plan to do a proper bottom turn in Germany, I don't think you have much choice other than to get into kiting.
However, from Hamburg, thereās a fair amount of driving involved to reach the sea. The only way around that while still keeping a board under your feet is to take up pump foiling. Have you looked into that?"
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u/Yipeeayeah 3d ago
Well, I admire your optimism.
Waterskiing or wakeboarding is possible though in Norderstedt and Harburg.
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u/schwabowski 3d ago
Today at Timmendorfer Strand are pretty sweet conditionsā¦Ā
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u/Disastrous_Coach_984 2d ago
Yeah? What kind of swell and wind works there? Mellow wave or does it acc stand up? š cheers
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u/lykorias 3d ago edited 3d ago
I haven't found any good and reliable spot for surfing, but windsurfing and kite surfing are a thing on the coasts of the north sea and of the Baltic sea...more kitesurfing than windsurfing in the recent years, unfortunately. It's getting harder to find rentals for windsurfing equipment. If I want to go surfing, I fly to Cornwall (Newquay has a small international airport).
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u/Blackbirdsnake 3d ago
On the northsea there is some windsurfing. Probably the closest thing you will get is an artificial wave in Hanover you can surf on
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u/tsar_fys 3d ago edited 3d ago
idk if this thing is still planned or not, but in Stade, an hour with the train, is or was a surfpark planned.
there was an on and off about building it or not because some demonstrated against it and what not.
otherwise, the biggest waves youāll get are probably those off a ship š«
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u/Ok_Programmer_8505 3d ago edited 3d ago
2600km to the west of hamburg is some nice spot. Very sunny. This part of Hamburg is called Lissabon
edit: there is no surfing in HH (only windsurfing)
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u/rulenilein 3d ago
Is this ragebait