Surf Forecasts:
Kijkduin surf forecast from 29 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 4 Sep, 11AM (local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 7s period, W swell with 662 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Kijkduin this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Kijkduin in the next 16 days are 2.5m 7s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 04) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Fri 4th Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Kijkduin over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Grab a coffee, let's look at what's on offer for the The Hague stretch, focusing on Kijkduin. It's a bit of a waiting game, if I'm honest.
Right off the bat, we're looking at a rough start. The winds are mostly cross-onshore to onshore and the swell is all short-period windswell. The wave energy is weak to moderate (103), but the quality is just poor. This pattern holds for the first week and a half, from the 30th of August right through until the afternoon of September 6th. That's a long, bleak stretch. We get one brief glimmer on the afternoon of the 6th of September with a glassy session, but the swell is tiny at 3 ft from the WSW with a period of only 5 seconds – surfable, but very ordinary.
The real standout, and the only one worth waiting for, is on Friday morning the 11th of September. We finally get some proper wind direction, a moderate offshore breeze from the SSE, and the break is reported as clean. The swell is a small 3.3 ft from the West with a short period of 5 seconds, so the wave energy is weak (49), but it's clean – and after all that wind, clean is what we want.
Later that afternoon on the 11th, the wind turns cross-offshore with a gentle breeze, staying clean with 3.6 ft swell from the West. It's not going to be big, but for a wave starved stretch, this is your window. It’s fairly consistent here normally, but this is a real lull. The Saturday the 12th of September sees a jump in energy with strong energy (746) and size hitting 8.2 ft from the WSW, but with a 18-25 mph cross-offshore wind, it’s not a paddle session—that's more a kite-surfing setup.
One thing to note – this is the Netherlands, so the water temp is what you'd expect for the time of year.
Looks like a lot of waiting for that Friday, folks.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sat night, light winds from the SW by Sun night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, strong winds from the W by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | ||||||||||||||
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) | WSW 7 | W 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | W 6 | WNW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 6 | W 7 | W 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 |
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621 | 103 | 50 | 63 | 350 | 214 | 126 | 95 | 76 | 25 | 13 | 37 | 213 | 206 | 302 | 378 | 662 | 590 | 520 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:45AM2.52m | 5:54PM2.37m | 6:23AM2.57m | 6:34PM2.41m | 00:22AM0.32m | 7:02AM2.56m | 7:15PM2.40m | 1:37AM0.36m | 7:43AM2.47m | 7:57PM2.35m | 8:26AM2.33m | 8:43PM2.24m | 9:14AM2.14m | 9:35PM2.11m | |||||
Low Tide | 00:46AM0.24m | 1:27PM0.50m | 1:24AM0.24m | 2:04PM0.51m | 11:46PM0.32m | 2:39PM0.55m | 00:15AM0.33m | 12:35PM0.63m | 3:11PM0.62m | 00:56AM0.38m | 1:15PM0.63m | 1:48AM0.47m | 2:06PM0.66m | 2:53AM0.58m | |||||
— | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | |
8:37 | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:24 | — | |
mm | 7 | 1 | — | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 24 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Feels °C | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | N 7 | NNW 7 | — | — | — | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | N 7 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | — | — | — | — |
— | — | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 7 | W 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | W 6 | WNW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 6 | W 7 | W 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 |
621 | 103 | 50 | 63 | 350 | 214 | 126 | 95 | 76 | 25 | 13 | 37 | 213 | 206 | 302 | 378 | 662 | 590 | 520 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 611 | 374 | 818 | 841 | 595 | 736 | 514 | 393 | 335 | 477 | 668 | 1136 | 649 | 420 | 755 | 721 | 754 | 755 | 368 |
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Information about the Kijkduin Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Kijkduin provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 16 days. A general guide to surfing at Kijkduin can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Kijkduin surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Kijkduin) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
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