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Kitesurfing in Sweden
Surfers Center Apelviken. Photo: Da.Informator, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Surfers Center Apelviken

Kitesurf spot · Sweden

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 9 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
7°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 148, fair
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Surfers Center Apelviken
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov48, fairwind from the south-south-west, 15 knots21knside-onchop11°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 12 knots16knoffnot safechop10°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots8knoffnot safeflat9°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the south, 2 knots5knsideflat9°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west, 5 knots11knside-onchop10°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 6 knots10kncross-offflat9°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots9knonchop9°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 9 knots14knsidechop7°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east, 3 knots10knoffnot safeflat7°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 8 knots13kncross-off0.9 mwaves8°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 01:16 +0.1 mLow 07:33 −0.0 mHigh 13:36 +0.1 mLow 19:13 −0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:11 +0.1 mLow 08:10 −0.0 mHigh 14:17 +0.1 mLow 20:14 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:01 +0.1 mLow 08:41 −0.0 mHigh 14:56 +0.1 mLow 21:12 −0.1 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Surfers Center Apelviken

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.2 km out (1 in 118). The sea is about 3°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Varberg. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 1 mountain bike area.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,300–US$2,430 each

about US$1,300–US$2,430 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CPH, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$985
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$181–US$308
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$1,300–US$2,430

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Varberg

Closest

Varberg

5 min by car · 32 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 32 places to stay in Varberg · Booking.com

About Varberg its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 15m

About 16h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CPH, direct, then 3h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.