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Sweden Downwinding

Main Sweden Surfski Page

Kungsbackafjorden, Sweden - November morning downwinder before work

Southern Sweden Downwinds (SSD) Nextwave/Emma Levemyr Downwind List. Map and descriptions with good details: input welcome. Text is Swedish (need to use google translate ? or better yet, install the browser add-on that will translate whole pages).

Downwind

Inland

  • Vänern (Lake) Very large lake (largest in the EU), SW is prevailing wind direction which can create 60+ kms of fetch in this large lake, but you could be blown very far off shore. There are offshore windfarms at the north end of the lake. Limited good shoreline access and degree of potential offshore exposure if you do a route with offshore wind may partially explain why the routes we have found and listed here require NNW winds

Counter-clockwise Sweden's Coast

(within regions some listings are alphabetical)

West Coast (Västkust)

Southwest

  • Öresund strait that separates Denmark and Sweden, connecting the Kattegat with the Baltic Sea, one of the busiest shipping straits in the world
    • Helsingborg
      • SSD, video, video 2
        • Viken - Helsingborg 12 km (staying close to shore - you can paddle out farther for possibly bigger waves and a longer run but stay away from the heavy ship traffic). This course has been used for the Aterra Wavechallenge
    • Höganäs - Mölle 10 km video
    • Malmö
  • Skälderviken
    • SSD
      • Skälderviken Run
        • Arild Hamn to Klitterhus Ängelholm 17 km Downwindable.com (west to east run across this bay)
          • reverse run video, Downwindfun
          • Alternate takeout - Sibirienstranden (Sibirien Beach) - from the water there may not be obvious landmarks so you may want to scout/mark your takeout beforehand. Leif Davidsson: “The Sibirien takeout is a little difficult to find when you don't know exactly where it is….Why not Klitterhus as a goal? Less angled surf and the waves are crazy good against Sibirien, after Arild it is magic in many places. And the waves at the end, yes you who will get the honor of experiencing them.”
        • Downwinding in Skälderviken video(SS2), video2
        • Leif Davidsson: “very technical paddling and most of the time crossing waves”

South Coast (Sydkusten)

Southeast

Stockholm Area

  • SSD Stokholm
  • Källvik - Trosa 19 km video
  • Nynäshamn - Muskö 18 km video
  • Skeppsdal - Nyvarp 12 km
  • Grisslehamn - Sennebyhaken 17 km
  • Smedviken, Bogesundslandet- Karlsudd 8 km
  • Vaxholm video
  • …

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