Ervik
Stad · Norway · Norway
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A white-sand cove on the west side of the Stad peninsula, below the church and a memorial chapel. Rights peel off the point over sand and rock. It faces a slightly different angle from Hoddevik and is often bigger, so it is the backup when Hoddevik is small or crowded.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Break
- Point break, sand and rock
- Waves
- Rights
- Crowd
- Quiet
- Season
- summer, autumn, winter
- Boards
- A shortboard or fish; a longboard at high tide.
When it works
✓ A north-west to west swell with a south-east wind, around low tide for a faster wave.
When it doesn't
✕ Onshore westerly wind and very big storm swell.
Watch out for
- rocks
- currents
Best months
January, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Local tips
Low tide gives a fast wave, high tide a mellower one. Surf-forecast warns of a submerged wreck near the line-up. Water is about 5–7 °C in late winter and up to about 16–18 °C in late summer: a 5/4 with boots, gloves and a hood from autumn to spring.
Getting there
Park by the church in Ervik and walk to the beach.
Travel notes
- How often it works
- Very open to the Atlantic, so it gets waves through most of autumn and winter; it usually picks up more swell than Hoddevik.
- Crowd and vibe
- Rarely crowded; most surfers here are visitors.
- Camping and vans
- Stad Bygdehus Camping is about 3.5 km away; Hoddevik Strandcamp is about 7 km by road. Nearest campsite about 3.5 km away.
- Facilities
- Ervik Surfshop rents boards and wetsuits and has a bookable beach sauna (seasonal opening). A 24-hour self-service snack bar; no shop in the village.
- Water quality
- No bathing-water results were found: Norway is not in the European Environment Agency bathing-water data, and no local results for this beach turned up.
Ideal conditions
- Swell
- W–NNW best, SW–N works
- Size
- 1.2–2.5 m offshore swell; starts at 0.8 m, holds to 3.5 m
- Period
- 7 s minimum, best from 10 s
- Wind
- Offshore ENE–SSE; handles onshore up to 15 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid best
- Faces
- WSW (248°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.