Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Germany |
Next Big City |
Kiel |
Next Town |
Schoenberg |
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Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Water
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Wave breaker, Mole |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Waves up to 1.5m in onshore winds, but flat and shallow between the moles. Be careful with the moles.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
No information |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Sandy beach with moles every 100m. A dyke with grass, enough space for pumping your kite and sort up your lines.
Weather
Spring:
|
Normal |
Summer:
|
Shorty, Normal |
Fall:
|
Normal |
Winter:
|
Thick |
During spring and autumn with wetsuit, during summer shortarm or shorty. A wetsuit is necessary nearly all over the year. The water is between 5-20°C (spring to summer), air temperature is in the average 18°C (in summer) and can go up to 30°C. If you have the adequate wetsuit you can surf from April to November. Off-season is possible but very cold.
Wind
Best Months: |
March, April, May, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
NE, ENE, E |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Best winds from fall to spring. Any strength possible, depending on depressions. Summer lighter. Clean winds, no gusts.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
|
Medium walk |
Kiel the capital of north Germany is easy to find. Then take the 502 along the coast in direction of Fehmarn and you will see signs to Kalifornien. Go left in the round about and follow the street all the way to Kalifornien and you will see parking signs and parking lots (fee).
Extra information
The moles are very dangerous, so watch out and don't jump in front of them and keep enough distance. Only allowed in a certain area, watch the signs.
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