Kijkduin Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you: the next 16 days are looking pretty grim for a paddle. We've got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy surf ahead.

The only real break in the game is Kijkduin (Netherlands). It's a beach and jetty setup, fairly consistent so it's not a total write-off, but the conditions are just not cooperating. The water's sitting at 70° right now, which is a solid 5° warmer than we'd expect for this time of year – that's a notable anomaly, the water's feeling more like late summer.

We're starting with a poor run right now. The first few days of this period, through the end of August, are offering tiny, short-period windswell with no real energy to speak of. The combined energy is barely registering (97, 91, 37) – it's weak, messy, and the winds are mostly cross or cross-onshore, making for choppy, lumpy conditions. Monday the 23rd of August starts off with a 3 ft swell from the NNW, but it's a weak 7-second period and the wind is on it, making for poor surf.

Things actually get a little worse mid-week, with swells dropping to 1 ft or even flat. We get a few days of clean conditions with offshore winds, but there's simply no swell to ride. A brief window of clean conditions on the 24th and 25th of August with 2 ft waves from the north is just too small to get excited about.

Then we hit a bit of a bump. The weekend of the 29th and 30th of August sees a spike in swell, with the combined energy jumping up to 231 on Saturday and 341 on Sunday. We're looking at 6 ft to 7 ft of swell from the WSW, with a short 6-7 second period. But the wind is howling – fresh to strong breezes from the SW, making it a cross-shore, lumpy mess. This is windswell, not a clean groundswell. For a beach break, those conditions are more about the wind than the wave. It's gonna look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Stay away unless you're on a foil board.

The following week, from the 31st of August onwards, the pattern continues. The winds stay strong and onshore, the swell is inconsistent, and the energy is low. The only decent-looking day is Wednesday the 2nd of September, with clean conditions from an offshore E wind, but the swell is only 1 ft – it's a flat spell, not a rideable one.

To be honest, there's not a single standout window in this whole 16-day forecast. The potential for a few bigger, messy swells exists, but the quality is just not there. Every single entry is marked as "poor surf conditions." The wind is almost always wrong, and when the wind is right, there's no swell. For a spot like Kijkduin, it's the kind of run that just happens. It's a blank run. Don't hold your breath, but forecasts can change. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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