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Tulliniemi 38.4

#4891 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇫🇮 Finland · Uusimaa · near Turku

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

Works all yearIntermediate
Tulliniemi, Finland
Photo: MattiPaavola · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score38.4 /100
Surfable days78% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size1.1 m 3.6 ft median
Water8°C a 6/5 with boots, gloves and hood

Best time to surf Tulliniemi

It rarely works. The nearest airport is TLL (115 km) and the nearest town is Turku (80 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan92%0%1.6 m2°C6/5
Feb93%0%1.5 m-1°C6/5
Mar87%0%1.3 m0°C6/5
Apr70%0%0.8 m3°C6/5
May64%0%0.7 m7°C6/5
Jun49%0%0.6 m13°C5/4
Jul61%0%0.7 m17°C3/2
Aug72%0%0.8 m17°C3/2
Sep79%0%1.1 m16°C4/3
Oct92%0%1.4 m12°C5/4
Nov91%0%1.3 m9°C6/5
Dec92%0%1.6 m6°C6/5

What is under Tulliniemi

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 94 m, shoaling steadily over the last kilometres. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 218 m against 94 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out94 m
Depth 4 km out36 m
Channel beside it218 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 38.4

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%
7.1
Best days 22.4%
10.7
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
9.3
Season spread 4.1%
3.7
Water comfort 6.1%
0.0
Access 4.1%
2.4

The detail

Faces 252° with 67% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 36% of days. Mean peak period 5.1 s. Days over 3 m: 3%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.3 m, with a peak period of 6 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 45%. Months that work: 11 of 12. Coordinates 59.821, 22.922 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,500/ month
typically €1,320 – €1,680
Rent, one bedroom€786
Groceries€314
Eating out€178
Getting around€106
Phone + internet€110
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,920/ month
typically €2,570 – €3,280
Somewhere to stay€1,730
Eating out€616
Car, transfers, fuel€400
Data + extras€187
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 Finland (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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