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Todos Santos, Mexico

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About Todos Santos

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

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. 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 SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). The sea is about 19°C in May, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Todos Santos.

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From Chicago: about 9 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to SJD, direct.

    See flights MDW → SJD · Skyscanner from about £220 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Todos Santos.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Thu 22: 13 kn gusting 18, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.5 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct08knoffnot safe1.9 mwaves
Mon 19Oct015kncross-off1.8 mwaves
Tue 20Oct06kncross-off1.5 mwaves
Wed 21Oct07kncross-off1.5 mwaves
Thu 22Oct2518knside-on1.5 mwaves
Fri 23Oct09knside1.6 mwaves
Sat 24Oct010knoffnot safe1.3 mwaves
Sun 25Oct06knside1.1 mwaves
Mon 26Oct08knside1.9 mwaves
Tue 27Oct013kncross-off1.6 mwaves

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).

  1. Jan0of 7
  2. Feb0of 7
  3. Mar0of 7
  4. Apr0of 7
  5. May0of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep0of 7
  10. Oct0of 7
  11. Nov0of 7
  12. Dec0of 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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight MDW to SJD, then 1h 25 by road. About 9h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 6, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 4 kn gusting 7, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 13 kn gusting 18, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 9, side-shore. Water: waves 1.6 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 2 kn gusting 10, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 1.3 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to SJD, then 1h 25 by road. About 9h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £635–£1,185 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £220–£460
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £160–£265
  • Food £150–£280

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