Champion Yachts, United Arab Emirates

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kish, is 199 km away.

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About Champion Yachts

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 32°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.8 km out (1 in 385). The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 34°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually April, May and June, with about 5 good days in 7; in October, November and December, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kish, is 199 km away.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kish, is 199 km away.
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Where it is

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Sailing spot

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Forecast

Best on Mon 26: 12 kn gusting 22, side-onshore. Water: chop.

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

Wind forecast and score for each day at Champion Yachts
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	23, poor	wind from the west-north-west, 8 knotsF3	19kn	on	chop
Mon 19Oct	34, poor	wind from the north-west, 8 knotsF3	20kn	on	flat
Tue 20Oct	51, good	wind from the north, 9 knotsF3	19kn	side-on	flat
Wed 21Oct	17, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 7 knotsF3	18kn	side-on	flat
Thu 22Oct	36, fair	wind from the north-west, 10 knotsF3	19kn	on	flat
Fri 23Oct	14, poor	wind from the north-west, 7 knotsF3	15kn	on	flat
Sat 24Oct	31, poor	wind from the north-west, 9 knotsF3	17kn	on	chop
Sun 25Oct	36, fair	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knotsF3	17kn	side-on	flat
Mon 26Oct	65, good	wind from the north, 12 knotsF4	22kn	side-on	chop
Tue 27Oct	40, fair	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knotsF3	19kn	side-on	flat
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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

Jan3of 7
Feb4of 7
Mar4of 7
Apr5of 7
May5of 7
Jun5of 7
Jul4of 7
Aug4of 7
Sep3of 7
Oct2of 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 sailing. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to DXB, then 50 min by road. About 20h 10 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Sail Champion Yachts
9 kn gusting 19, side-onshore. Water: flat.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 18, side-onshore. Water: flat.
Thu 22 Oct
Sail Champion Yachts
10 kn gusting 19, onshore. Water: flat.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 15, onshore. Water: flat.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 9 kn gusting 17, onshore. Water: chop.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to DXB, then 50 min by road. About 20h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £920–£1,840 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 £660–£1,370
To the UK airport £35–£65
Hire car £70–£115
Food £155–£290

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