Visby, Sweden

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Visby, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Żeglarz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Visby

Visby is a town in Gotland County, Sweden. From Visby you can reach 1 surf spot, 1 kite spot and 1 windsurf spot. The nearest is Gotland Visby, a kite and windsurf spot 0.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 87 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is VBY, 4 km away.

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Staying in Visby

  • 87 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: VBY, 4 km, NYO, 152 km, NRK, 160 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

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 Visby: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Kneippbyn4 kmabout 10 min by car2 ft25 kJwind from the north-north-east, 10 knots, poor1 ft3 kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, too small1 ft1 kJwind from the east, 8 knots, offshore, too small1 ft5 kJwind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, offshore, too small1 ft2 kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots, offshore, too small2 ft31 kJwind from the south-south-east, 8 knots, offshore, fair2 ft13 kJwind from the south-south-east, 9 knots, offshore, fair
All readings for Kneippbyn: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Kneippbyn, each day
DayScore for beginnersSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct16, poor2 ft5 smushy25kJwind from the north-north-east, 10 knots11°C
Mon 19Oct18, too small1 ft3 smushy3kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots11°C
Tue 20Oct11, too small1 ft3 smushy1kJwind from the east, 8 knots, offshore12°C
Wed 21Oct22, too small1 ft4 smushy5kJwind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, offshore12°C
Thu 22Oct11, too small1 ft4 shollow2kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots, offshore14°C
Fri 23Oct43, fair2 ft5 smushy31kJwind from the south-south-east, 8 knots, offshore12°C
Sat 24Oct36, fair2 ft4 smushy13kJwind from the south-south-east, 9 knots, offshore11°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Visby, 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 Visby

Windsurf near Visby

Places to eat near Visby

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits