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Loekken 37.4

#4952 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇩🇰 Denmark · Nordjylland · near Aalborg

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

Works all yearIntermediate
Loekken, Denmark
Photo: Henrik Nørgaard · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score37.4 /100
Surfable days80% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size1.2 m 3.9 ft median
Water11°C a 5/4 with boots and hood

Best time to surf Loekken

It rarely works. The nearest airport is GOT (158 km) and the nearest town is Aalborg (40 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan90%0%1.7 m4°C6/5
Feb93%0%1.8 m1°C6/5
Mar81%0%1.3 m4°C6/5
Apr70%0%0.8 m8°C6/5
May70%0%1.0 m12°C5/4
Jun73%0%0.9 m16°C4/3
Jul80%0%1.1 m19°C3/2
Aug68%0%0.9 m18°C3/2
Sep72%0%1.3 m17°C3/2
Oct91%0%1.4 m13°C4/3
Nov83%0%1.3 m10°C6/5
Dec88%0%1.2 m8°C6/5

What is under Loekken

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 37 m.

Depth 8 km out37 m
Depth 4 km out27 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 37.4

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%
3.8
Best days 22.4%
12.5
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
9.5
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.0
Access 4.1%
2.5

The detail

Faces 300° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 48% of days. Mean peak period 6.3 s. Days over 3 m: 5%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.5 m, with a peak period of 8 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 41%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 57.376, 9.714 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

67 homes for sale within 30 km of Loekken, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €23,400. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Boligsiden and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€26,700House · 125 m² · 3 roomsVrå8 km from the spot →€36,800House · 132 m² · 3 roomsLøkken7 km from the spot →€39,900House · 123 m² · 6 roomsLøkken7 km from the spot →€43,600House · 105 m² · 2 roomsLøkken7 km from the spot →€46,900House · 160 m² · 4 roomsLøkken5 km from the spot →€59,600House · 91 m² · 3 roomsLøkken7 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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