Zandvoort Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. Looking at the next couple of weeks, it’s a pretty bleak picture for getting wet. We’ve got a long stretch of small, messy, and wind-blown conditions on the horizon. There are a few days where the swell bumps up, but the wind just ruins the party. You’ll want to keep your board in the car for most of this.

We start things off with a flat spell. Tuesday through to the end of the first week has almost nothing on offer. We’re talking ankle-biters with a strong cross-shore breeze, making it a total mess. The water temp at Zandvoort is sitting at 67°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but you won’t feel it with that wind in your face.

The first glimmer of hope comes on Wednesday the 9th. The swell jumps up to a solid 7ft from the northwest with moderate energy building. But here’s the catch – it’s blowing a solid 22 mph onshore. It’ll be big, but completely blown-out and lumpy. Not worth the fight unless you're just looking for a beating.

After that, it drops right back off again. Thursday and Friday are back to small, weak, and messy with energy readings in the low double digits. Then Saturday the 12th, we get a tiny bit of glass, but there’s literally nothing to ride. It’s a classic “check the tide and hope” kind of day.

The next real pulse shows up on Friday the 18th. We see a late-period northwest swell filling in, with moderate energy. Waves of 4ft to 5ft, but again, it’s cross-onshore and choppy. It’s a step in the right direction, but still not clean.

However, the standout of the whole period is Saturday morning, the 19th of September. The wind drops to nothing, absolutely glassy. The swell has backed off a bit to 3ft from the northwest, but the energy is still there. It’s not big, but with zero wind, Zandvoort’s sandbar will finally have a chance to line up. It’s the only time in this whole run where the conditions truly align for a clean, if modest, surf. Don’t sleep on that early session.

The rest of the run into the following week is, once again, flat and forgettable. There's not much more to say. If you’re desperate, that Saturday morning is your window. Otherwise, maybe dust off the kiteboard, because there’s more wind than wave out there for most of it.

Be patient.

Rusty.

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