Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Germany |
Next Big City |
Hamburg, Luebeck |
Next Town |
Haffkrug |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, Rescue, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Wave breaker |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Flat to choppy water. With onshore winds smaller waves, which can get a decent size in stronger winds. Shallow for about 100m. Small wave breaker.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Other |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Wide sandy beach, quiet long. Very packed in summer with lots of beach chairs.
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Spring:
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Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Fall:
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Normal |
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Winter:
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Thick |
Summer is nice and warm. High season a shorty is ok, a few weeks with just shorts is possible. Usually a wetsuit is always needed. Water max 22°C in summer, normally around 15°C. Winter gets cold, but a thick wetsuit, gloves, mask and shoes make kiting almost year-round possible. Air: summer between 20-30°C, spring and fall around 15°C.
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Westerly winds with depressions. Summer lighter. Nice NE and E winds in summer, but not very often. Best in easterlies. Sideshore NNE and SSW.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
Take A1 from Hamburg to Luebeck, pass Luebeck and exit A1 on signs to Haffkrug and drive to the beach. About 80km from Hamburg.
Rules |
Zones, Fees |
Very packed in summer, should be avoided. During season swimming zone and fees to access the beach.
Small nightlife in Timmendorfer Strand (about 10 min drive).
