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Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands

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Egmond aan Zee, the nearest town. Photo: Pudding4brains, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Egmond aan Zee

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces W (279°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (99°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.0 km out (1 in 103). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 7°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Egmond aan Zee, 0.3 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 13 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), direct. About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → AMS · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Egmond aan Zee.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct494 ft6 smushy90kJ12°C
Mon 19Oct151 ft7 smushy18kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct71 ft5 smushy2kJ11°C
Wed 21Oct82 ft3 smushy7kJ14°C
Thu 22Oct374 ft5 smushy65kJ12°C
Fri 23Oct192 ft5 smushy25kJ14°C
Sat 24Oct104 ft6 smushy124kJ12°C
Sun 25Oct11 ft7 smushy4kJ13°C
Mon 26Oct73 ft7 smushy66kJ12°C
Tue 27Oct1under 1 ft8 s1kJ15°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to AMS, then 55 min by road. About 13h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Egmond aan Zee

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to AMS, then 55 min by road. About 13h 40 door to door

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Rough cost

About £900–£1,700 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to AMS, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£410–£845
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£900–£1,700

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Egmond aan Zee

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