IJmuiden, Netherlands

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About IJmuiden

IJmuiden is a town in North Holland, Netherlands. From IJmuiden you can reach 6 surf spots and 1 kite spot. The nearest is Ijmuiden, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 11 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

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Staying in IJmuiden

  • 11 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from IJmuiden.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 5 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for IJmuiden too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of IJmuiden: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Egmond aan Zee18.2 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Egmond aan Zee1 ft19 kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, offshore, too small1 ft3 kJwind from the east, 12 knots, offshore, too small2 ft15 kJwind from the south, 9 knots, too small3 ft45 kJwind from the south, 12 knots, too small1 ft11 kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, too small4 ft173 kJwind from the west, 19 knots, too small1 ft16 kJwind from the west-south-west, 10 knots, too small
All readings for Egmond aan Zee: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Egmond aan Zee, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct6, too small1 ft7 smushy19kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, offshore13°C
Tue 20Oct3, too small1 ft5 smushy3kJwind from the east, 12 knots, offshore11°C
Wed 21Oct7, too small2 ft4 smushy15kJwind from the south, 9 knots14°C
Thu 22Oct8, too small3 ft5 smushy45kJwind from the south, 12 knots12°C
Fri 23Oct1, too small1 ft7 smushy11kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots13°C
Sat 24Oct4, too small4 ft7 smushy173kJwind from the west, 19 knots13°C
Sun 25Oct2, too small1 ft7 smushy16kJwind from the west-south-west, 10 knots13°C
Castricum Aan Zee11 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Castricum, 4 km–––––––
Ijmuiden0.2 kmabout 5 min by car–––––––
Langevelderslag18.6 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Noordwijk, 8 km–––––––
Wijk aan zee-Noordpier3.3 kmabout 10 min by carStays in Wijk aan Zee, 3 km–––––––
Zandvoort11 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Zandvoort–––––––

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of IJmuiden, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Kite near IJmuiden