Sele
Klepp · Norway · Norway
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A right-hand point by the small harbour at Sele, between Hellestø and Bore. Waves wrap along a sand and rock bottom; it often has more punch than the beaches either side.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Break
- Point break, sand and rock
- Waves
- Rights
- Crowd
- Some company
- Season
- autumn, winter, spring
- Boards
- A shortboard or fish.
When it works
✓ A west or north-west swell with an east wind.
When it doesn't
✕ Cross-shore wind, which it has no shelter from, and big messy storm swell.
Watch out for
- rips
- rocks
- crowds
Best months
January, February, March, April, September, October, November, December
Local tips
Rips run along the point. It works at all tides. 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 near Sele harbour and walk down to the point.
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
- Rarely busy in the week; can be crowded at weekends.
- Camping and vans
- Bore Strandcamping is about 2.5 km south. Nearest campsite about 2.5 km away.
- Facilities
- Small harbour; no shops or toilets at the spot.
- 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 0.8 m, holds to 2.8 m
- Period
- 7 s minimum, best from 10 s
- Wind
- Offshore NE–SE; handles onshore up to 15 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid, high best
- Faces
- W (272°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.