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01 JUL 2026

Surf Overview

Zandvoort home break · beginner / intermediate · 85 kg · 1.88 m · live conditions + the board plan

Live conditions · Zandvoort

2.2
/10 Poor

Poor today: best around 19:00–22:00, ~0.2 m faces, 4 kn onshore wind, water 20°.

Updated Wed 01 Jul 2026, 19:43 · live from Open-Meteo, KNMI, Rijkswaterstaat & Buienradar. Score tuned to your beginner level.

0.2 m
Wave face · 3s period
4 kn
NW onshore · gust 10
20°
Water · suit 3/2 or shorty
01:41
Next low tide · high 06:04
Today
2.2 /10 Poor
19:00–22:00 · ~0.2 m · 4 kn onshore
Tomorrow
6.1 /10 Good
22:00 · ~1.5 m · 10 kn cross-shore
Friday
6.6 /10 Good
20:00–22:00 · ~1.0 m · 5 kn onshore
Saturday
3.9 /10 Marginal
06:00–08:00 · ~0.8 m · 10 kn cross-shore
Sunday
5.2 /10 Fair
20:00–22:00 · ~0.7 m · 5 kn onshore
Monday
3.1 /10 Marginal
22:00 · ~0.8 m · 8 kn onshore
Tuesday
2.1 /10 Poor
21:00–22:00 · ~0.9 m · 14 kn cross-shore

The board call

The call

Don't buy the Singularity now. Rent or buy used for NL, invest in Bali in January.

It's a gorgeous board but too low-volume for your level and for weak Dutch surf, and you'd leave it in a closet for 4+ months while you travel. Keep the cash in your safety cushion.

The timeline

Now – October
Amsterdam
Buy a used mini-mal or rent. Get sessions in.
September
1-week surf trip
Rent at the destination.
Oct – December
Asia travels
No board. Don't haul one around.
January 2027
Bali · 1 month
Buy your real board here. Learn to duckdive.

Your board math

60–75 L
Target volume for you now

Weight (kg) × skill factor. You sit between beginner and improver, and NL waves are soft, so aim high.

7'2"–8'0"
Length: mini-mal / funboard

The longboard-shortboard hybrid. Floaty enough for mush, short enough to start turning. BIC / Tahe / NSP epoxy = near-indestructible used.

LevelFactorVolume
Beginner1.0×~85 L
You (improver)0.7×~60 L
Solid intermediate0.55×~47 L

Buy used now vs rent

3–4
Sessions to break even on the board

Above ~8–10 sessions before October, buying used and reselling clearly beats renting. Below that, rent.

€150–250
Used mini-mal (resells ~€150–200)

Owning for the season really costs ~€50–120 all-in. Renting is €25–50 every session.

€25–50
Rental per session (board + suit)

Fine for a handful of tries, but you're limited to shop hours, not the best wind windows.

Where to buy, surf & suit up

Buy used

Where to surf

Wetsuit (buy, keep for travel)

The Singularity, and the Bali play

Wayne Rich Singularity Not now

Performance 2+1. Volumes run 32.6–37.9 L across the sizes — intermediate-to-advanced territory. Too little float to catch weak NL waves, and the €679 sits idle while you travel. The duckdive catch: low volume is what you duckdive, but it's also what makes catching waves hard right now. Stage it.

Bali, January Buy here

Real waves that justify a performance board, endless shops, cheap demos, and your level will have jumped. Rent the first days, then buy. If you still want a fun 2+1 like the Singularity by then, it's a lovely cruisy step-up board — earned there, not bought here. This is where duckdiving actually starts.

Do-now checklist