Norway

Where to surf in Norway

Norway stretches down the western flank of the Scandinavian peninsula, punctured by fjords and dotted with islands. This translates to a staggering 83,000kms of coastline, bordering four major seas including the Barents, Norwegian, North Sea and the Skagerrak. While finding the right geology for surfable waves and summer consistency remain an issue for Norway, when it all comes together this epic coastline holds Scandinavia's best waves.

Southern Norway

In Southern Norway, Molde and the Stad-landet peninsula are frequented by Oslo surfers, looking for powerful peaks over both rock and sand in NW swells. Stavanger, in a lowland district called Jæren, is not the most consistent surf area, but the long sandy beaches and granite or boulder reefs provide numerous spots. The point at Sele and the consistent summer beachies at Bore are now regularly crowded. Breaks like Saltstein near Oslo are very unreliable, needing S in the swell.

Northern Norway

Low pressure systems usually track from the SW to NE bringing first SW and W swells then hopefully the more lined-up NW swells that get many of the best breaks firing, particularly Lofoten inside the Arctic Circle.

There are exploration opportunities on the islands to the north of Lofoten. Cliffs line the north coast and the swell window decreases with the water temperature in these northerly latitudes.

The Barents Sea receives regular, short-lived swells from the N and NE with plenty of quality boulder reef and beach setups yet to be ridden all the way round to the Russian border.

Svalbard allegedly has some decent spots that have been surfed by Norwegian locals, but only in the summer when the treacherous waters become navigable and the sea is not frozen. Polar bear territory.