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 |
Water
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.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Other |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Wide sandy beach, quiet long. Very packed in summer with lots of beach chairs.
Weather
Spring:
|
Normal |
Summer:
|
Shorty, Normal |
Fall:
|
Normal |
Winter:
|
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.
Wind
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.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
|
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.
Extra information
Very packed in summer, should be avoided. During season swimming zone and fees to access the beach.
Nightlife
Small nightlife in Timmendorfer Strand (about 10 min drive).