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Maasvlakte, Netherlands

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Hoek van Holland town centre
Hoek van Holland, the nearest town, 8 km away. Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Maasvlakte

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

The spot faces W (274°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (94°). 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 7.1 km out (1 in 714). 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 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Hoek van Holland, 8.1 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 4 dive sites.

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.

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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 18Oct554 ft5 smushy88kJ12°C
Mon 19Oct101 ft7 smushy10kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct71 ft4 smushy2kJ12°C
Wed 21Oct72 ft4 smushy7kJ13°C
Thu 22Oct103 ft5 smushy50kJ14°C
Fri 23Oct82 ft5 smushy22kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct144 ft7 smushy115kJ13°C
Sun 25Oct11 ft6 smushy5kJ14°C
Mon 26Oct52 ft6 smushy35kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct1under 1 ft8 s2kJ16°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 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

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Hoek van Holland

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

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

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Hoek van Holland each day: Hoek van Holland, Maasexpress, Maasvlakte.

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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 Hoek van Holland

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