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Today at Castricum aan Zee: Good for surfing — 74/100 for beginner level. Wind 10 kn E · Waves 0.6 m, 11 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.0 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Castricum aan Zee: 0.3m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 60°F.
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Castricum aan Zee faces NW, straight into the prevailing Atlantic swell window — the reason it has waves at all, and the reason it is rarely flat.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 10 kn. Leaning offshore, so the face should still stand up clean for surfing — not the glassy hold of a straight offshore, but the right side of neutral.
Over the published window Castricum aan Zee clears 60/100 for surfing at Beginner, Intermediate levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Castricum aan Zee ranks 28th for surfing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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A dune-backed North Sea beach with a sandy break on shifting sandbars, rated for advanced riders; sideshore wind gives cleanest conditions, onshore wind brings larger, messier shorebreak. A submerged shipwreck lies in the north kite zone. Kitesurfing and windsurfing run year-round except in front of the pavilions. Blue Flag status. A volunteer brigade with a rescue boat and jetski covers May–mid-September; sandbars are shallower and choppier at low tide.
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Wind at Castricum aan Zee today: 10 kn E (gusting 20 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Castricum aan Zee today: 0.6 m, 11 s period from NW, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for surfing at Castricum aan Zee today is around 07:00 UTC, when conditions score 57/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Castricum aan Zee scores 74/100 today for surfing — Good. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Castricum aan Zee is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Castricum aan Zee is a coastal location near Strandslag 38 in Netherlands. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Castricum aan Zee, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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