North Holland · Netherlands
Wijk aan Zee (Noordpier) 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
Wijk aan Zee Noordpier is an exposed beach and harbour-wall break where northwest swell and east wind favour left-hand sandbar waves.
Getting there
Drive to Wijk aan Zee and follow signs to the Noordpier parking, then walk toward the harbour wall and active sandbanks.
Watch out for
- Rip currents form along the harbour wall and between shifting sandbars.
- Crowds and pollution are noted hazards at the Noordpier break.
Local detail
The pier gives some wind shelter and creates a more defined takeoff than the open beach.
Crowd
The defined pier peak can become crowded when the left is working.
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.