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Iate Clube de Santa Cruz, Portugal

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About Iate Clube de Santa Cruz

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW 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 sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE 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 10). The sea is about 18°C in March, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). For sailing at beginner level the best months are usually January, October, November and December, with about 3 good days in 7; in May, June and July, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Santa Cruz. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FNC, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS). About 4 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Iate Clube de Santa Cruz.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: 7 kn gusting 10, side-shore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct0F315knoffnot safechop
Mon 19Oct40F311knsidechop
Tue 20Oct80F310knsidechop
Wed 21Oct64F417knsidechop
Thu 22Oct80F312knsidechop
Fri 23Oct51F416knsidechop
Sat 24Oct22F418knsidechop
Sun 25Oct59F317knsidechop
Mon 26Oct80F315knsidechop
Tue 27Oct60F416knsidechop

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).

  1. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar2of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun1of 7
  7. Jul1of 7
  8. Aug2of 7
  9. Sep2of 7
  10. Oct3of 7
  11. Nov3of 7
  12. Dec3of 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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to FNC, changing at LIS, then 25 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Sail Iate Clube de Santa Cruz

    7 kn gusting 10, side-shore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Sail Iate Clube de Santa Cruz

    11 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Sail Iate Clube de Santa Cruz

    8 kn gusting 12, side-shore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Sail Iate Clube de Santa Cruz

    11 kn gusting 16, side-shore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 12 kn gusting 18, side-shore. Water: chop.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FNC, changing at LIS, then 25 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £745–£1,440 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 £385–£805
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £15–£25
  • Stay £160–£265
  • Food £150–£280

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