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Åsa (Aasa) 31.0

#5288 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Halland · near Göteborg

Wind is the enemy here, thick rubber, gentle enough to learn.

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Åsa (Aasa), Sweden
Photo: Peter King · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · photo taken 1.8 km from the spot
Surf score31.0 /100
Surfable days64% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.8 m 2.7 ft median
Water10°C a 5/4 with boots and hood

Best time to surf Åsa (Aasa)

It rarely works. The nearest airport is GOT (41 km) and the nearest town is Göteborg (42 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan80%0%1.1 m3°C6/5
Feb76%0%1.0 m0°C6/5
Mar65%0%0.8 m3°C6/5
Apr45%0%0.5 m7°C6/5
May54%0%0.7 m12°C5/4
Jun48%0%0.6 m16°C4/3
Jul59%0%0.7 m19°C2mm
Aug52%0%0.6 m18°C3/2
Sep65%0%0.9 m17°C3/2
Oct82%0%1.0 m13°C5/4
Nov69%0%0.9 m9°C6/5
Dec77%0%1.0 m7°C6/5

What is under Åsa (Aasa)

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 32 m.

Depth 8 km out32 m
Depth 4 km out26 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 31.0

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%
5.0
Best days 22.4%
7.4
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
7.4
Season spread 4.1%
3.4
Water comfort 6.1%
0.0
Access 4.1%
3.6

The detail

Faces 220° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 51% of days. Mean peak period 4.2 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.8 m, with a peak period of 5 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 49%. Months that work: 10 of 12. Coordinates 57.336, 12.094 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,790/ month
typically €1,580 – €2,000
Rent, one bedroom€940
Groceries€375
Eating out€215
Getting around€125
Phone + internet€135
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€3,500/ month
typically €3,080 – €3,920
Somewhere to stay€2,060
Eating out€735
Car, transfers, fuel€475
Data + extras€225
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Sweden (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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