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Yacht club Basque, France

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About Yacht club Basque

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

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 41). The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually January, March, May and November, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Within 5 km we also list 8 surf spots and 1 dive site.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to EAS, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Yacht club Basque.

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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 Sat 24: 11 kn gusting 23, cross-offshore. Water: waves 1.4 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct18F316knside-onchop
Mon 19Oct0F05knsidechop
Tue 20Oct22F317knsidechop
Wed 21Oct0F429knside1.2 mwaves
Thu 22Oct0F211knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves
Fri 23Oct26F426knside2.4 mwaves
Sat 24Oct76F423kncross-off1.4 mwaves
Sun 25Oct0F432kncross-off1.3 mwaves
Mon 26Oct0F09kncross-off1.3 mwaves
Tue 27Oct0F111knside0.9 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 sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar4of 7
  4. Apr3of 7
  5. May4of 7
  6. Jun3of 7
  7. Jul3of 7
  8. Aug3of 7
  9. Sep3of 7
  10. Oct3of 7
  11. Nov4of 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 EAS, changing at MAD, then 30 min by road. About 17h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 8 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 16 kn gusting 29, side-shore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 4 kn gusting 11, offshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 12 kn gusting 26, side-shore. Water: waves 2.4 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Sail Yacht club Basque

    11 kn gusting 23, cross-offshore. Water: waves 1.4 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to EAS, changing at MAD, then 30 min by road. About 17h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £955–£1,820 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 £410–£855
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £15–£30
  • Stay £255–£425
  • Food £240–£445

Places to eat near Saint-Jean-de-Luz

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