Kvassheim
Hå · Norway · Norway
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A right-hand point over a rocky reef at Øyrvika, by Kvassheim lighthouse in southern Jæren. It is one of the main wave-surfing spots in the south of the region, with cold water and few people.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Break
- Point break, reef
- Waves
- Rights
- Crowd
- Quiet
- Season
- spring, summer, autumn
- Boards
- A shortboard or fish.
When it works
✓ A west to south-west swell with a light north-east wind.
When it doesn't
✕ Onshore westerly wind, and the winter ban period.
Watch out for
- rocks
- rips
Best months
April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Local tips
Øyrvika at Kvassheim lighthouse is a bird-protected area: the county governor bans surfing there from 1 November to 31 March (some tourism pages say from 1 October), and you must not disturb birds at any time. 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
Walk down to the shore at Øyrvika from Kvassheim lighthouse (Kvassheim fyr) on the coast road.
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
- Empty in the week, a few surfers at weekends.
- Camping and vans
- Brusand Camping is about 4 km south-east. Nearest campsite about 4 km away.
- Facilities
- Nothing at the break; the nearest shop is in Brusand, about 4 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
- SW–NW best, SSW–NNW works
- Size
- 1.2–2 m offshore swell; starts at 0.8 m, holds to 2.8 m
- Period
- 7 s minimum, best from 10 s
- Wind
- Offshore NNE–ESE; handles onshore up to 15 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid, high best
- Faces
- WSW (238°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.