Petten surf break

Petten surfForecast / Netherlands / Netherlands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 CEST
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Petten surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Petten sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Petten today?

The current surf forecast for Petten at 6PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (28 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s

Table - waves today at Petten. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
WSW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)544445666666555445555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5107101638751736479603619935215364668964107151
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM 10:39AM
2.00 1.72
8:21PM
1.92
8:44AM
1.94
8:56PM
1.90
9:20AM
1.89
9:34PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.72
5:10PM
0.40
5:01AM
0.26
5:26PM
0.45
5:03AM
0.32
5:27PM
0.47
5:30AM
0.38
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Sunrise-------6:45-------6:47-------6:48
Sunset---8:39-------8:37-------8:35----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11----11---13211-------1
Temp. °C201919181717151619201916151516171818191919201918
Feels °C (?)181716151413111214151512141413151312151515141514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Netherlands

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Petten (light winds from the S at De Kooy Airfield - Den Helder 16 km from Petten). 0.6m 4s local chop from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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0.0
19.0
Air / Water (°C)
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