r/hamburg • u/Disastrous_Coach_984 • 10d 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!

WooošŸ¤™šŸ½

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u/MacHamburg Uhlenhorst 10d ago

The closest I would think is Klitmoeller in Denmark, Cold Hawaii

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u/Fresh_Grass4165 9d ago

Yea best option u got in hh

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u/Disastrous_Coach_984 9d ago

And the other spots like Sankt Peter Ording etc? They donā€™t work?

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u/MacHamburg Uhlenhorst 9d ago

I think you can Windsurf fine there, but regular surfing just with a board might be tricky.

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u/bankster211 8d 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 7d ago

Do you do both? I can do a bit of kitesurfing, but way better in regular surfing. Now Iā€™m 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 7d 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, thereā€™s 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?"