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Bogsted 41.4

#4666 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇩🇰 Denmark · Nordjylland · near Viborg

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearRemoteIntermediate
Bogsted, Denmark
Photo: Slaunger · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · photo taken 3.4 km from the spot
Surf score41.4 /100
Surfable days85% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell1% period 11 s+
Typical size1.4 m 4.7 ft median
Water11°C a 5/4 with boots and hood

Best time to surf Bogsted

The best time to surf Bogsted is February, March, November. It rarely works. In February the water sits around 4°C, so pack a 6/5 with boots, gloves and hood, and the typical wave is 2.1 m. The nearest airport is GOT (246 km) and the nearest town is Viborg (86 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan86%0%2.0 m6°C6/5
Feb90%2%2.1 m4°C6/5
Mar90%1%1.5 m4°C6/5
Apr73%0%1.0 m7°C6/5
May83%0%1.0 m10°C5/4
Jun77%0%0.9 m14°C4/3
Jul79%0%1.3 m17°C3/2
Aug77%0%1.1 m17°C3/2
Sep83%0%1.7 m16°C3/2
Oct94%0%1.8 m14°C4/3
Nov89%1%1.7 m11°C5/4
Dec94%0%1.6 m9°C6/5

What is under Bogsted

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 64 m, shoaling steadily over the last kilometres. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 146 m against 64 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out64 m
Depth 4 km out23 m
Channel beside it146 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 41.4

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
5.2
Best days 22.4%
15.3
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.0
Access 4.1%
1.0

The detail

Faces 310° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 48% of days. Mean peak period 6.7 s. Days over 3 m: 10%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 3.0 m, with a peak period of 8 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 35%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 56.982, 8.405 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

66 homes for sale within 30 km of Bogsted, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €26,100. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Boligsiden and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€32,800House · 84 m² · 3 roomsThisted8 km from the spot →€39,500House · 117 m² · 4 roomsSnedsted12 km from the spot →€46,900House · 114 m² · 4 roomsSnedsted9 km from the spot →€52,900House · 193 m² · 6 roomsThisted11 km from the spot →€53,300House · 102 m² · 3 roomsThisted11 km from the spot →€59,600House · 153 m² · 4 roomsThisted9 km from the spot →

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,600/ month
typically €1,410 – €1,790
Rent, one bedroom€842
Groceries€336
Eating out€191
Getting around€110
Phone + internet€119
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€3,120/ month
typically €2,740 – €3,490
Somewhere to stay€1,840
Eating out€654
Car, transfers, fuel€425
Data + extras€200
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Denmark (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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