Lista – Havika
Farsund (Lista) · Norway · Norway
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A sandy bay on the flat Lista peninsula at Norway's southern tip. Its middle section is one of Lista's easier spots, with waves that suit learning, while the points nearby are rockier. Autumn brings shoulder-high waves; summer is a gentle longboard zone.
- Level
- Beginners
- Break
- Beach break, sand
- Waves
- Lefts and rights
- Crowd
- Quiet
- Season
- summer, autumn
- Boards
- A longboard or foam board; a fish on autumn swells.
When it works
✓ A south-west to west swell with a northerly wind.
When it doesn't
✕ Easterly winds and flat summer spells.
Watch out for
- rocks
Best months
June, July, August, September, October, November
Local tips
Parts of Havika and nearby Kviljo are bird-protected areas where wind and water sports are banned: stay in the middle of the bay and check the signs. Wind on the Skagerrak can change fast. 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
Haviksanden is on the south-west side of the Lista peninsula near Farsund; use the marked access to the middle of the beach.
Travel notes
- How often it works
- Lista catches most North Sea swell that reaches southern Norway, but it is mainly wind swell, so it works some days a month in autumn and less in summer.
- Crowd and vibe
- Rarely crowded.
- Camping and vans
- Lomsesanden Familiecamping is about 4 km away. Nearest campsite about 4 km away.
- Facilities
- None at the beach.
- 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
- SSW–W best, S–WNW works
- Size
- 0.9–1.8 m offshore swell; starts at 0.6 m, holds to 2.5 m
- Period
- 5 s minimum, best from 8 s
- Wind
- Offshore NW–NE; handles onshore up to 15 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid, high best
- Faces
- SSW (210°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.