14 surf spots in Germany. Each has a 16-day surf forecast and a local guide.
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Sylt – Wenningstedt Wenningstedt (Sylt) · Intermediate · Beach break A sandy beach break in front of the village of Wenningstedt, north of Westerland on Sylt's open west coast.
Sylt – Brandenburger Strand Westerland (Sylt) · Intermediate · Beach break The main surf beach of Westerland, in front of the Brandenburger Straße.
Sylt – K4 (Hörnum) Hörnum (Sylt) · Beginner · Beach break The beach at kilometre stone 4 (K4), north of Hörnum at the southern end of Sylt.
St. Peter-Ording Sankt Peter-Ording · Beginner · Beach break A huge, flat sand beach on the Eiderstedt peninsula, more than a kilometre wide at low tide.
Norderney – Januskopf Norderney · Intermediate · Beach break The western end of Norderney's north beach, by the Januskopf dune.
Fehmarn – Westermarkelsdorf Westermarkelsdorf (Fehmarn) · Intermediate · Beach break A wind-swell beach on the north-west corner of the island of Fehmarn.
Dazendorf Intermediate · Beach break A Baltic beach below a steep clay cliff near Heiligenhafen, facing north-west into Hohwacht Bay.
Weißenhaus Wangels · Intermediate · Beach break A north-facing Baltic beach at Weißenhaus on Hohwacht Bay, just west of the Weißenhäuser Strand holiday park.
Hohwacht Beginner · Beach break The resort beach of Hohwacht on the bay of the same name.
Damp Beginner · Jetty A sandbar wave next to the harbour mole of the Damp resort, on the east-facing coast north of Kiel.
Timmendorfer Strand Intermediate · Beach break The long resort beach of Timmendorfer Strand on the Bay of Lübeck.
Pelzerhaken Neustadt in Holstein · Beginner · Beach break A beach on the Pelzerhaken spit south of Neustadt, facing the open Bay of Lübeck.
Kühlungsborn Intermediate · Beach break A Baltic resort beach in Mecklenburg with groynes all along it; surfers use the sports beach at the Anglersteig.
Warnemünde Rostock-Warnemünde · Intermediate · Beach break The wide beach of Warnemünde at the mouth of the Warnow, near Rostock.
Germany in the guides
Best spots to learn to surf Where to take your first waves: forgiving sandy beaches with surf schools, from Biarritz and the Basque coast to Peniche, the Costa Vicentina and Lanzarote, and from Cornwall and Donegal to the North Sea.
North Sea and Baltic surf trip St. Peter-Ording and Sylt on the North Sea, and Baltic beaches like Fehmarn that only wake up in a strong onshore gale.