North Holland · Netherlands
IJmuiden (Zuidpier) surf forecast
Beach break in North Holland, Netherlands, scored hour by hour in NORDR against the wind angle for the way it faces, the swell direction it wants, and the tide it works on.
How it breaks
IJmuiden is the Dutch storm refuge: the 2.5-kilometre Zuidpier blocks south to southwest wind, keeping the Kennemerstrand side clean on north-northwest swell when the rest of the coast is blown out.
Getting there
Paid parking at the Kennemerboulevard; walk toward the pier for the sheltered peaks, or south to IJmuiderslag for space.
Watch out for
- A strong rip runs along the pier, with rocks at its base and harbour traffic beyond it.
Local detail
Handles the biggest, windiest days on the Holland coast, which also makes it an intermediate-plus wave when it is doing its job.
Tide dependency: moderate
Offshore banks bleed off roughly half the swell at low water here. Bigger swells push through anyway, small ones often do not, and the useful window tracks the tide. NORDR scores that in rather than printing a tide chart beside the wave height.
Where this came from
- CommunityBoardshortz - Surfen op IJmuiden