Surf Forecasts:
Kijkduin surf forecast from 16 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 21 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, NW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 17 Sep, 5PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period, WSW swell with 170 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 21 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Kijkduin this week:
The surf forecast for Kijkduin over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 21) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 7s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Kijkduin in the next 16 days are 1.6m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 17) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Mon 21st Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Mon 21st Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Thu 17th Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Kijkduin over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right then, let’s have a look at what the next couple of weeks are serving up for us here. I’m not going to lie to you, it’s a lean stretch. The whole 16-day window is pretty grim, with nothing I’d actually recommend paddling out for. Honestly, if you’ve got a kite, you might get more fun out of this than a surfboard, but for pure wave riding, we’re in a drought.
We kick off on Wednesday morning the 16th of September. Kijkduin (Netherlands) is seeing a weak 4 ft swell from the NW, but it’s a short-period 5-second windswell with very weak energy (55). On top of that, the wind is howling onshore from the WNW at 16 mph, and there’s rain showers. The water is a balmy 68°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s no consolation when the surf is this poor.
That pattern of small, short-period swell and nasty cross or onshore winds just lingers. Through Thursday and Friday, we see slightly more size – up to 5 ft on Thursday afternoon – but the period stays below 6 seconds, the energy is moderate at best (189 or 145), and the wind is a fresh cross-shore from the WSW at 22-22 mph. It’s going to be a lumpy, choppy mess.
The weekend offers no relief. Saturday brings more of the same, with 5-5 ft WSW swell and fresh cross-winds. By Sunday the 20th, the swell drops back to 3-4 ft from the NW, and the wind is still onshore. The energy is pitiful, barely cracking 80. We go into a real flat spell from Monday the 21st onwards. The swell drops below 3 ft, and by mid-week it’s all down to 1 ft or less. The wind does turn clean and cross-offshore from the east, but with combined energy readings of 7 or 8, there’s nothing to ride.
This runs all the way through to the 29th of September, where we actually see a blank day with no swell data. Finally, on Wednesday the 30th of September, a pulse of 5 ft WSW swell shows up, with a period of 5 seconds and moderate energy (108), and the wind is clean cross-offshore. That is the only half-decent-looking window, but it’s still a short-period windswell and the break is a beach/jetty setup, so it’s more kite territory than a quality surf session. The consistency here is fairly consistent, but with this run of poor conditions and tiny swell, it’s one of those blank spells that happens. Forecasts can change, but right now there’s nothing to get excited about.
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Wed morning). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat night, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 5 | NW 5 | NNW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NW 7 | NNW 6 | NW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | N 6 | N 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 55 | 74 | 20 | 103 | 170 | 80 | 83 | 43 | 78 | 131 | 145 | 123 | 43 | 82 | 63 | 65 | 72 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 19 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:41PM2.31m | 8:03AM2.10m | 8:20PM2.16m | 8:40AM1.92m | 9:00PM1.99m | 9:21AM1.75m | 9:49PM1.80m | 10:11AM1.61m | 10:58PM1.65m | 11:28AM1.52m | 00:39AM1.63m | 1:01PM1.56m | 1:54AM1.76m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 2:04PM0.55m | 2:38AM0.44m | 2:18PM0.59m | 3:19AM0.56m | 3:06PM0.64m | 4:05AM0.67m | 4:06PM0.69m | 4:58AM0.78m | 5:07PM0.73m | 5:56AM0.85m | 6:11PM0.73m | 7:06AM0.88m | 7:20PM0.68m | ||||||||
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 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — |
 | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:43 | — |
mm | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 10 | NNW 6 | N 7 | NNW 8 | — | — | NW 6 | NW 6 | — | — | — | WSW 5 | — | NW 7 | NNW 6 | — | — | NNW 6 | — | N 6 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 20 | 28 | 19 | — | — | 43 | 21 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 63 | 65 | — | — | 25 | — | 19 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NNW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 5 | NW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | NW 5 | NW 6 | — | — | NW 6 | NNW 6 | — | N 6 | — |
| kJ | 55 | 74 | 5 | 103 | 170 | 80 | 83 | 28 | 78 | 131 | 145 | 123 | 43 | 82 | — | — | 72 | 50 | — | 25 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 408 | 397 | 196 | 497 | 754 | 575 | 668 | 740 | 668 | 649 | 374 | 595 | 483 | 661 | 0 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 501 | 467 | 502 |
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