Klitmoller Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about the next couple of weeks at Klitmoller. It’s a bit of a slow burn, but there are a couple of windows that are going to be worth your time.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a flat spell. From Friday the 31st through the weekend, there’s just nothing doing. The ocean’s gonna be quiet, and you’re better off getting the gear sorted or finding something else to do. This flat stretch runs all the way through to Monday the 3rd, where we finally see a pulse of weak, short-period swell. It’s not going to be pretty though, only 3ft of WNW windswell with a period of 5 seconds and gentle cross-shore winds. That’s not surf, that’s just bump. The energy reading is a meagre 40, so don’t get your hopes up.

Tuesday and Wednesday stay pretty gutless. We’re talking knee-high slop, mostly under 2ft, and disorganized. One day is glassy, which is nice for a paddle, but there’s no wave to ride.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. By Thursday the 6th, the wind is going to start howling from the west at 25 mph. That ramps up the energy to 127, but it’s still just windswell at 4ft. It’ll be lumpy and blown out, honestly more of a windsurfing day than a surf day. Friday the 7th is similar, even bigger and messier with a cross-shore breeze. The swell will be over 7ft, but quality is terrible.

But hold on. Saturday morning, August 8th, is our first real standout. The wind swings around to the southwest, light, and offshore, which will clean things up nicely. There’s 6ft of WNW swell on the table, with energy at 307. Sure, the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’ll be a bit crumbly, but at Klitmoller (North Sea) with that offshore wind, there will be some proper, hollow little wedges. That’s the pick of the first week. The afternoon deteriorates with a north cross-onshore breeze, so make the most of the morning session.

The following stretch from the 9th to the 10th is back to wind and mess. We see 6ft of swell, but the strong westerlies and cross-shore winds will chop it up badly. It’s not a pretty picture.

Then we come to Tuesday, August 11th. This is the other big standout. Overnight, a serious pulse of longer-period groundswell arrives. We’re talking 8ft in the morning, building to a solid 10ft by the afternoon, from the WNW and NW, with a period stretching to 8 seconds. The energy is massive, reading 853 in the morning and over 1000 in the afternoon. The wind is light and cross-offshore from the west, which is ideal. This is proper, powerful surf. That size is pushing beyond beginner territory, and at 10ft it’s expert-only. It’s going to be an intense day. The period is still under that 11-second threshold, so it won’t have that extra push, but it’ll be big and clean.

After that, it fades back down. The 12th and 13th see surf in the 4ft to 6ft range with more manageable winds, but it’s messy and ordinary. The energy drops back to a few hundred. By the 14th and 15th, we’re back to tiny, almost non-existent waves, with energy below 22. The run fades out.

So, in a nutshell: The two days to circle are Saturday the 8th for a fun, clean, mid-sized wave, and Tuesday the 11th for serious power and size. The water is about average for the time of year, sitting around 62°F.

Rusty

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