Hoddevik

Stadlandet · 🇳🇴 Norway

A remote green amphitheatre of farms wrapped around a golden surf beach — the cradle of Norwegian surfing.

Sea temperature

~13°C in the warm season

Water

Clear, cold Atlantic blue

Sand

Pale golden sand

Swimming

Cold with steady swell — Norway's surf valley

Surf

Norway's best-known surf break, in a green amphitheatre of farms

Best time to visit

Year-round

Setting

A remote surf beach in a farm-dotted bowl on the exposed Stad peninsula

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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Photo: Svein Magne Tunli (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source