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Maasvlakte Blokken, Netherlands

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Hoek van Holland, 11 km away, is the nearest town we list.

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About Maasvlakte Blokken

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

The spot faces NW (309°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (129°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea is about 7°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Hoek van Holland, 11 km away, is the nearest town we list. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 14 h 10 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. 1 h 25 from the airport to Maasvlakte Blokken.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Hoek van Holland, 11 km away, is the nearest town we list.

  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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Maasvlakte Blokken, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct40, fair4 ft5 s72kJwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots13°C
Mon 19Oct12, too small1 ft5 s6kJwind from the east, 14 knots, offshore15°C
Tue 20Oct9, too small1 ft4 s3kJwind from the east, 16 knots, offshore12°C
Wed 21Oct14, too small2 ft4 s9kJwind from the south, 14 knots, offshore13°C
Thu 22Oct17, poor4 ft5 s66kJwind from the south-west, 23 knots13°C
Fri 23Oct34, poor3 ft5 s56kJwind from the south-south-east, 26 knots, offshore13°C
Sat 24Oct15, poor4 ft7 s121kJwind from the west, 21 knots11°C
Sun 25Oct1, too small1 ft6 s5kJwind from the west, 28 knots14°C
Mon 26Oct6, too small2 ft6 s37kJwind from the west-south-west, 21 knots13°C
Tue 27Oct1, too smallunder 1 ft9 s1kJwind from the south-west, 31 knots15°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. 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 1h 25 by road. About 14h 10 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
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Maasvlakte Blokken

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to AMS, then 1h 25 by road. About 14h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £735–£1,420 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
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
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£735–£1,420

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

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