Norderney Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m looking at the charts for the next 16 days here at Norderney, and honestly, it’s a pretty grim stretch. We’ve got a long gap of poor surf right off the bat, and it’s going to take over a week before anything even remotely ridable shows up.

The water temp is sitting around 66°, which is about 2° warmer than what we’d normally expect for this time of year. That’s a little unusual, but nothing crazy.

From now through to the 8th of September, it’s basically a write-off. The wind is mainly cross or onshore, often fresh to strong, and the swell is small, weak, and short-period. Wave energy is mostly in the low double digits (58 on Tuesday morning, 104 on Tuesday afternoon), with a combined energy value that rarely cracks 200. The only half-decent thing is a brief window on the morning of the 7th with a light SSE offshore wind, but the swell is only 1 ft and almost flat. Not worth paddling out for.

Then from the 9th of September into the second week, things start to look a little more promising. The morning of the 9th is the first real standout. We’ve got a 6 ft swell from the west, with a clean, moderate offshore wind from the SSW. The combined energy jumps to 236, which is still moderate, but the clean conditions should make it surfable. The swell period is short at 6 seconds, so it’s not going to have much push, but it’s the best we’ve seen. That afternoon, the swell picks up to 8 ft from the west, with a 9-second period, but the wind goes cross and the energy is high (901), so it might be a bit messy and only for the more experienced crew.

The 10th of September morning brings another clean window with a 6 ft NW swell, moderate SSW cross-offshore wind, and combined energy of 423. That’s another decent option, but again, the wind is moderate, and the swell period is 8 seconds, so not ideal.

After that, the swell fades fast. From the 11th onward, we’re back to small, weak, onshore slop until the end of the 16-day window. The energy drops to under 100, and the wind turns mostly onshore or cross-onshore.

So, the two best windows are the morning of the 9th and the morning of the 10th. The 9th morning (Norderney) is the pick: 6 ft from the west, clean offshore wind, moderate energy. The 10th morning is also worth a look if you can handle the moderate wind and the shorter period.

If you’re not fussy, the 9th afternoon has a bigger swell (8 ft) and longer period (9 seconds), but the cross wind and high energy make it a bit of a handful. More for the experts.

Overall, it’s a long wait for a couple of short windows. Don’t expect much else until the second week.

Rusty

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