Appelviken Surf Break

Appelviken Surf Guide

Lat Long: 57.09° N 12.24° E

Issued: 1 pm 19 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Appelviken sea temperature is
14.5° C

Normal for this time of year

Appelviken surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Appelviken Surf Guide

Appelviken in Kattegat is an exposed beach and reef break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the ideal wave direction is from the west northwest.. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Overcrowding can even make surfing hazardous.

Appelviken Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef2fairly consistent
14.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Appelviken:

The best conditions reported for surf at Appelviken occur when a West-northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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Interactive Appelviken surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Appelviken is Halmstad Airport (HAD) in Sweden, 57 km (35 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Appelviken is Landvetter (Gothenborg) Airport (GOT), also in Sweden, 63 km (39 miles) away.

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Appelviken Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
Friday, 19 June 2026, 20:57 Local Time
Friday 19Sat
5PM8PM11PM2AM
Wave (m)
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.3
S
0.7
SSE
Period (s) 4 4 2 4
Wind (km/h)
10
10
15
20
Wind State cross-
on		 cross-
on		 cross cross-
on

Tides at Appelviken

Current tide and informaton
For Varberg, 1 km from Appelviken.
Next High Water: 12:54am | 0.13m
Tidal range Clock
Next Low Water: 07:26am | 0.01m
IS AT (local time)

Appelviken Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feels like 21.0 °C) at Appelviken, yet the sea remains several degrees colder than the air. Most surfers will need a spring wetsuit though a summer suit or even a shorty may suffice for a short session.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.
Current Temp*: 14.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite
water-temp
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Swell History at Appelviken

Surf stats for Appelviken, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Appelviken

Wind stats for Appelviken, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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