Hellestø
Sola · Norway · Norway
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A long sandy beach in Sola, just south of Stavanger airport. Peaks break left and right along the beach, and on a lined-up day they can be faster and more hollow than at Bore. The cleanest waves are usually at the northern end by the rocks.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Break
- Beach break, sand
- Waves
- Lefts and rights
- Crowd
- Some company
- Season
- autumn, winter, spring
- Boards
- A shortboard or fish; it holds swell up to about 3 m.
When it works
✓ A west-north-west swell with an east-south-east wind, around low to mid tide.
When it doesn't
✕ Strong westerly onshore wind, and messy small swell.
Watch out for
- rips
- rocks
Best months
January, February, March, April, September, October, November, December
Local tips
Check the northern corner by the rocks first. It has some shelter from north winds. Hellestø is one of the few Jæren beaches where kiting is allowed, so expect kites on windy days. 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
Signposted car park behind the dunes off the Jæren coast road; follow the marked paths over the dunes.
Travel notes
- How often it works
- Jæren is Norway's most consistent surf coast: open to the North Sea from south-west to north-west, it gets waves most weeks from September to April, from both wind swell and longer North Atlantic swell. Summer is smaller and often flat. The tide range is small.
- Crowd and vibe
- A few surfers in the week, busier on good weekends.
- Camping and vans
- Ølberg Camping is about 3 km north; Bore Strandcamping is about 4.5 km south. Nearest campsite about 3 km away.
- Facilities
- Car park; little else at the beach. Shops are in Sola.
- 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–NW best, SW–N works
- Size
- 1–2.2 m offshore swell; starts at 0.6 m, holds to 3.2 m
- Period
- 6 s minimum, best from 9 s
- Wind
- Offshore ENE–SSE; handles onshore up to 15 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid best
- Faces
- WNW (284°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.