Overview
- The Eisbach wave, which surfers rode on Good Friday, returned after months without a reliable break.
- How it reformed is still unclear, though eyewitnesses reported metal grids hung underwater to force a wave.
- Surfing remains prohibited under a municipal order from February, so Friday’s sessions violated the current rules.
- Mayor Dominik Krause says the city will run an authorized test with surf groups and university experts to pave a safe reopening by summer.
- The wave vanished after last autumn’s stream cleanout removed too much sediment, and a 2025 surfer death has shaped the tighter safety approach.