Hoddevik
Stad · Norway · Norway
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A kilometre-long sandy bay on the Stad peninsula, under high mountains with old boathouses on the beach. It is one of Norway's best-known surf spots: long, friendly walls that peel left and right, shelter from the wind, and room for all levels.
- Level
- Beginners
- Break
- Beach break, sand
- Waves
- Lefts and rights
- Crowd
- Some company
- Season
- summer, autumn, winter
- Boards
- A longboard or foam board on summer days; a shortboard or fish in autumn.
When it works
✓ A north-west swell with a south-east wind; it works at all tides.
When it doesn't
✕ Very small swell, and strong onshore north-west wind.
Watch out for
- rips
- crowds
Best months
January, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Local tips
Summer has small, soft waves on the inside for learning; autumn (September to November) brings bigger surf for experienced surfers. The road over the mountain is narrow with hairpin bends and sheep on the road. 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
Narrow road over the Hoddevik mountain pass. A free car park is near the beach, but camping there is not allowed.
Travel notes
- How often it works
- Hoddevik is open to Atlantic swell from the west and north-west and gets waves on most days through autumn and winter; the mountains keep a lot of wind out. Summer is smaller.
- Crowd and vibe
- Busy by Norwegian standards in summer with surf schools; quieter outside the holidays.
- Camping and vans
- Hoddevik Strandcamp is on the north side of the beach (seasonal; it closed on 10 October in 2026). Wild camping is not allowed in Hoddevik. Nearest campsite about 0.4 km away.
- Facilities
- Stad Surfing runs the only café and a surf school; a 24-hour self-service snack bar near the car park. There is no shop, restaurant or fuel; the nearest shop is about 20 km away.
- 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
- WNW–NNW best, WSW–N works
- Size
- 1.2–2.5 m offshore swell; starts at 0.8 m, holds to 4 m
- Period
- 7 s minimum, best from 10 s
- Wind
- Offshore E–S; handles onshore up to 15 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid, high best
- Faces
- WNW (291°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.