Crete Sitia, Greece

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Karteros, is 82 km away. Nearest airport: JSH (JSH), 1 km.

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About Crete Sitia

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 12). The sea is about 17°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 25°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually July, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Karteros, is 82 km away. Nearest airport: JSH (JSH), 1 km.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to HER, changing at FRA. About 27 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h 45 from the airport to Crete Sitia.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Karteros, is 82 km away. Nearest airport: JSH (JSH), 1 km.
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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Wind forecast and score for each day at Crete Sitia
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	0, poor	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	7kn	offnot safe	chop
Mon 19Oct	0, poor	wind from the west, 5 knots	9kn	cross-off	flat
Tue 20Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-west, 7 knots	12kn	side	flat
Wed 21Oct	0, poor	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots	9kn	cross-off	flat
Thu 22Oct	0, poor	wind from the west-south-west, 2 knots	3kn	offnot safe	flat
Fri 23Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots	5kn	offnot safe	flat
Sat 24Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	6kn	offnot safe	flat
Sun 25Oct	0, poor	wind from the south, 1 knot	6kn	cross-off	flat
Mon 26Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	5kn	cross-off	chop
Tue 27Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	3kn	cross-off	chop

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

Jan2of 7
Feb2of 7
Mar2of 7
Apr2of 7
May2of 7
Jun3of 7
Jul5of 7
Aug4of 7
Sep4of 7
Oct3of 7
Nov2of 7
Dec2of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to HER, changing at FRA, then 1h 45 by road. About 21h 05 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 12, side-shore. Water: flat.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 9, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 2 kn gusting 3, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 5, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 2 kn gusting 6, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to HER, changing at FRA, then 1h 45 by road. About 21h 05 door to door

Rough cost

About £790–£1,570 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

Flights £530–£1,100
To the UK airport £35–£65
Hire car £70–£115
Food £155–£290

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