Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Germany |
Next Big City |
Rostock, Berlin |
Next Town |
Peenemuende, Karlshagen |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rescue, Toilet, Food |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
No information |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Choppy water. Shallow on the sandbar. The stronger the winds the better the waves. In strong winds (NE) nice waves can form on the sandbar with up to 2m. Further outside even bigger. Swimming zone marked with white buoys.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Nice sandy beach. About 25m wide and very long. Packed in summer.
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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 nice and warm. Usually a wetsuit is always needed, but high summer just shorts on warm days. Water can get up to 22°C. Fall and spring a thick wetsuit is needed, winter cold but possible to surf.
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
No information |
Main Direction: |
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW |
Summer has lighter winds. Nice NE winds with sun possible, but normally lighter. Fall to spring mainly westerlies, but also North possible. ENE exactly onshore.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Medium walk |
Get to the island Usedom thru Wolgast on B111. After about 12 km on Usedom turn left onto L264 towards Karslhagen and Peenemuende. In Karlshagen get to the beach.
Rules |
Zones |
Don't kite in the swimmer's zone. Packed in summer, better to go a bit further North to Peenemuende instead.
No nightlife.