Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Germany |
Next Big City |
Cuxhaven, Bremen |
Next Town |
Duhnen |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shower, Toilet, Parking |
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Water
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Wave breaker |
Quality: |
Cloudy |
Best Tide: |
High tide |
Flat and choppy water. Waves up to 1.5m can form with stronger winds. Shallow for about 200m. Tidal beach. Some wave breakers which are under the surface on high tide. Works only in 2 hours before and after high tide. Can be very shallow and is dry for a very long way at low tide.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
No information |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Sandy beach. About 3km long with the same conditions. Very packed during summer with tourists.
Weather
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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 |
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: |
W, WNW, NW |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Winds depend on depressions. Best winds in autumn to spring. Any strength possible. Best in West and Northwest winds. Sideshore ENE and WSW.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Medium walk |
From Bremen take A27 and exit on signs to Cuxhaven. Drive into Cuxhaven and just after the city sign turn left on the lights and follow signs to Duhnen. Drive towards the beach, get into the round-about and take the first exit to the right. Find a parking and walk over the dyke to the beach and get to the area without beach chairs.
Extra information
Rules |
Time |
Kitesurfing forbidden. Windsurfing allowed.
Nightlife
In summer there is a big tent with parties on Fridays and Saturdays directly at the beach with a shuttle service to Cuxhaven and its nightclubs (Felix, Janssens Tanzpalast).