Kayak camping, tides & launches: Lofoten & Vesterålen
Lofoten & Vesterålen: Coastal paddling with 72 campsites, 48 boat launches and 76 tide stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (70 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.
Campsites
From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 1 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.
Fee or reservation (7)
- Eggum Outfield Camping
- Lofoten Beach Camp 🛶
- Lyngvær Lofoten Bobilcamping
- Mørsvikbotn Camping
- Moskenes Camping
- Notvann camping
- Øyriket Camping & Marina
Permit, protocol or private (1)
Free or backcountry (3)
Fees not recorded (check locally) (49)
- Andenes Camping
- Andøy Friluftssenter
- Ånes Camping
- Bivouac 1 tent
- Bivouac 1-3 tent places
- Bivouac 4-5 tents
- Børøya Camping
- Brustranda Fjordcamping
- CP Eidetsjö Camp
- Fjordcamp
- Fredvang Strand og Skjærgårdscamping
- Gullesfjordbotn Camping
- Hamarøy Fiskecamping
- Hammerstad Camping
- Hav camping
- Hov Feriegård Og Camping
- Kabelvåg Feriehus & Camping
- Kvalnesbrygga Camp & Dykkersenter
- Kvitnes Camping
- Lofoten Camp Storfjord
- Lofoten Feriesenter
- Lofoten Turistsenter
- Lofoten Turistsenter
- Midnattsol Camping
- Møysalen Nasjonalparksenter (MNS) Camping
- Naustvik Camping
- Ness Camping
- Offersøy Feriesenter
- Oppmyre Camping
- Raften Camping
- Ramberg Gjestegård
- Røst Havfiske Camping
- Rystad Lofoten camping
- Sandsletta Camping
- Sandtorgholmen Camping & Marina
- Sandvika
- Sildpollnes Sjøcamp
- Sjøstrand Rorbuer
- Skårungen
- Sørkil Fjordcamping
- Sortland Camping og Motell
- Stave Camping
- Stave Camping
- Stø Bobilcamp
- Stokmarknes Camping
- Tjeldsund bo og Camping
- Toftenes Sjøhus-camping
- Tømmerneset Camping
- Ulvsvåg Gjestgiveri AS
Tide stations
Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.
- Å
- Ájluokta - Drag
- Åknes
- Alsvåg
- Andenes
- Åse
- Ballstad
- Benasuoloj - Hundholmen
- Biesseluokta - Nevervika
- Bleik
- Bø
- Borkenes
- Breivika
- Brennsund
- Fjelldal
- Flesnes
- Gásluokta - Kjøpsvik
- Hanøyvika
- Harstad
- Håsand
- Helnes
- Henningsvær
- Hierenjárgga - Korsnes
- Holandshamn
- Hov
- Inner-Strøksnes
- Kaljord
- Kjerringøy
- Kjerstad
- Kleiva
- Kleppstad
- Laukvika
- Leirvikbogen
- Leknes
- Lødingen
- Lundenes
- Mærvoll
- Måsske - Musken
- Melbu
- Myklebostad
- Myre
- Myre
- Napp
- Nergårdshamn
- Nordfold
- Nordmela
- Nordskot
- Nøss
- Nusfjord
- Nyksund
- Nykvåg
- Offersøya
- Ramberg
- Reine
- Risøyhamn
- Rørstad
- Røst
- Sand
- Sandset
- Skar - Skárddik
- Skárffabákte - Skarberget
- Skipneset
- Skrova
- Skutvik
- Slåttvik
- Slihppe - Kjerr
- Sørland
- Sortland
- Stamsund
- Stave
- Stokmarknes
- Stranda
- Strønstad
- Svolvær
- Tunnstad
- Vuodnabahta - Hellmobotn
Boat launches
- Båtslipp
- Båtslipp Andenes
- Båtslipp Haugnes
- Båtslipp Holmstad
- Båtslipp Risøyhamn
- Båtslipp Åse
- Slip1
Plus 38 unnamed launches on the map.
Camping and tides in Norway
Tides from Kartverket for every harbour village, wind from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Allemannsretten, the right to roam, lets you camp one night in uncultivated land at least 150 m from the nearest house or cabin; longer stays need the landowner’s permission. Fires near forest are banned from 15 April to 15 September. All Norway regions.
Download for GPS and other map apps
73 campsites and 47 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).