Sweden is not known for waves, but Mölle has one that surfers take seriously. After a strong west to north-west wind has blown for a day or more, swell wraps into the harbor entrance and breaks as a long right-hander over a stony bottom and the rocks of the harbor wall.
Surf pounding the rocks at Kullen
Photo: Mathiasv · CC BY-SA 3.0Kitesurfers on a windy March day off Viken, south of Höganäs
Photo: Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY-SA 2.0The Mölle wave
Swedish surf media have called it perhaps the best wave in the country. Rides can run to around 100 m; it is usually chest to head high and has reached about 3 m in big storms. Surfers found it in the 1980s, making Mölle one of the pioneer spots of Swedish wave surfing. The best sessions come with autumn and winter storms, though a summer gale can deliver too.
Who it's for
Experienced surfers only. Shallow rocks, current in the harbor mouth and boat traffic leave no margin for beginners.
Kite and windsurf
In strong winds, kiters and windsurfers use the peninsula's open beaches. Lovekite, based at Strandbaden near Höganäs, teaches beginners, and the shallow beach at Farhult on Skälderviken suits first sessions, though rocks flank the main beach.
Skäret, by Arild
The peninsula’s second wave breaks on the north shore at Skäret, on the edge of Arild, along the rocky stretch from Säldyndevägen to Nabben. It comes alive in hard westerly winds — often on days when Mölle, which needs a north-westerly, is off. Local surfers count Mölle and Skäret as Sweden’s two best spots. Like Mölle it is rocky and for experienced surfers only.
