Windsurfing Road Trip to Denmark
Five days between Nørre Vorupør and Svinkløv
Over the long Pentecost weekend, I had time to take a trip to Denmark. It looked like I’d be spending a few days windsurfing between Klitmøller and Hanstholm. But the closer the weekend got, the further the good forecast shifted toward the beginning of the week.
No problem – for one thing, I had until Wednesday, and for another, I always have my wing foil gear on board so I can get out on the water even when the wind is light.
I set off on Saturday morning. My destination was Nørre Vorupør. On the way there, I encountered wind for planing at Oddesund, though it was accompanied by rain, so I continued on to Nørre. The temperature dropped steadily, from 20°C inland to 13°C by the time I parked behind the dunes in Nørre Vorupør.
The view of the sea was sobering. It was as flat as a duck pond, with a light, offshore breeze. The weather apps showed little improvement as the day went on – but they also indicated that a much stronger wind system was moving through Jammer Bay further to the northeast. I already knew a few spots there from previous trips, so I decided to head that way.
Once I left Hanstholm, the sun came out, and at the Fakir spot the conditions would have been good enough for foiling – though with a cross-offshore wind and no waves. No question about it, I continued on to Jammer Bay. Svinkløv was my destination; the coastline there is slightly exposed to the north, so it catches westerly winds well.
The region is also stunningly beautiful; perched on a hill, there’s a vast dune forest complete with a campground right behind the beach.
Sunny, 19°C, wind perfect for a 4.0 wing, and a light swell – the day was saved. After a really great session, I headed back to the campground (svinkloevcamping.dk, 175 Danish kroner per night).
The next morning it was windy again, with a bit more of an onshore breeze, but once again accompanied by sunshine. I was the only one out on the water at that spot that day, too. That’s Jammer Bay for you – a blank spot on the map for many surfers. A 4.0 wing was the way to go.
When I checked the forecast later, it looked like there would be wind in the bay off Klitmøller the following Monday. So I adjusted my itinerary to head back west.
But I just had to make a stop at Bulbjerg. This 47-meter-high rock formation creates an impressive backdrop along the coastline, and I wanted to capture it from the water while wing foiling.
There, too, I was the only one doing water sports, apart from a few beachgoers. After a short session with a 4.0 wing, I headed on to Cold Hawaii, which was relatively flat this time.
I checked into Nystrup Camping (nystrupcampingklitmoller.dk, 125 Danish kroner per night) for three days and pinned our hopes on Whit Monday. That day turned out to be windy and sunny, but with waves no higher than knee-high.
During the Danish Windsurfing Championships currently underway, a super session was held over the mussel reef. In the evening, small swell waves in the bay in front of the surf shop were perfect for wing foiling.
But then, on Tuesday, the long-awaited windsurfing day in Hanstholm finally arrived. After a short wing foiling session in the still small waves that morning, I spent the afternoon and into the twilight hours windsurfing in Middles.
Really great waves and wind for 4.5- to 4.0-square-meter sails. That’s what windsurfing days should be like. I didn’t even need to wear a hood. I rolled back into the campground at 10:30 p.m., just in time before the closing time.
The next morning, you had to get up early to catch the wind for windsurfing. Since I’d stayed up chatting in the common room until just before 2 a.m. after dinner the night before, I ended up getting out of bed too late.
But luckily there’s wing foiling, which let me ride the waves in front of the fish factory for some hours. Then it was time to head home; this time, I couldn’t take advantage of the wind that had picked up late in the day for windsurfing. Still, it was a great, almost summer-like trip to Denmark – one that I hope will be followed by more good ones this year.
June 9, 2026 © DAILY DOSE | Text: Jürgen Schall | Fotos/Grafiken: Jürgen Schall, Oliver Flöter | translation: DE
