Zandvoort Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a seat, and let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a tough watch. The forecast across the whole 16-day window is a real struggle for surf, with barely a single session that’s worth getting excited about. We’re looking at a long, quiet spell with almost no proper swell and messy wind.

The first real chance of anything even remotely surfable is a long way off, and even then, it’s not great. The water at Zandvoort is running at 68°F right now, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a 4°F anomaly, so it’s a notable change.

We start with a stormy Wednesday (9th September) – a risk of thunderstorms, a strong cross-onshore wind at 25 mph, and a 6 ft swell from the WNW. That’s a messy, blown-out situation with a combined energy reading of 344 – that’s moderate, but the wind ruining it. The swell period is a short 7 seconds, so it’s windswell, not groundswell. Not worth paddling out.

The next few days are a write-off. Thursday and Friday keep the swell tiny, under 3 ft, with periods of 5 to 7 seconds, and the wind is either cross-off or cross-on. The wave energy is weak, between 14 and 57. Saturday and Sunday (12th and 13th September) are no better – a few 3 ft to 3 ft swells, but with cross-onshore winds and a combined energy of 32 to 38. It’s just not happening.

There’s a brief flicker of hope on Monday morning (14th September) – a clean 2 ft swell from the NNW with a light offshore wind from the SE. The period is still only 5 seconds, and the energy is weak at 25. It’s a tiny wave, but it would be clean. If you’re desperate, you could get a float on a longboard, but it’s not a real surf.

From there, it goes completely flat. Tuesday (15th September) onward sees swell dropping to 0.7 ft to 2 ft, with periods from 4 to 11 seconds. The wind comes and goes, but the energy is pathetic – down to 1 or 5. Even the long-period 11-second swell on Tuesday (15th) morning is only 0.7 ft, so it’s a ghost.

The gap of no recommendations stretches from the 15th right through to the end of the forecast on the 24th. There’s a tiny uptick on the 23rd and 24th, with a 2 ft to 4 ft swell from the NNW, but the wind is strong cross-onshore or directly onshore, and the energy builds to 111 by Thursday morning (24th). That’s moderate energy, but with a 4 ft swell and 25 mph cross-wind, the surf quality is poor and messy. That’s kitesurfing territory, not a clean paddle session.

The bottom line: there’s no standout session here. The nearest thing to a surfable wave is that clean, tiny morning on Monday (14th September), but it’s a micro-swell. The rest of the 16 days is a flat, windy mess. It’s a blank run, but for this area, that’s not unusual – forecasts can shift, but for now, leave the boards in the car.

Rusty.

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