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Kristiinankaupunki, Finland

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About Kristiinankaupunki

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

Water about 10°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. 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 S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 5.6 km out (1 in 556). The sea is about 0°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 17°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For windsurfing at beginner level the best months are usually August, October and December, with about 4 good days in 7; in April, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Kristinestad.

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  1. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Wed 21: 8 kn gusting 14, side-shore. Water: flat.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct010knoffnot safeflat
Mon 19Oct7616knside-onflat
Tue 20Oct6413knside-onflat
Wed 21Oct8014knsideflat
Thu 22Oct8016knside-onflat
Fri 23Oct5121knside-onchop
Sat 24Oct8013knsideflat
Sun 25Oct5323knside-onchop
Mon 26Oct5322knside-onchop
Tue 27Oct6717knside-onflat

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

  1. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar3of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May3of 7
  6. Jun3of 7
  7. Jul3of 7
  8. Aug4of 7
  9. Sep3of 7
  10. Oct4of 7
  11. Nov3of 7
  12. Dec4of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Kristiinankaupunki

    6 kn gusting 13, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Kristiinankaupunki

    8 kn gusting 14, side-shore. Water: flat.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Kristiinankaupunki

    8 kn gusting 16, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Kristiinankaupunki

    10 kn gusting 21, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Kristiinankaupunki

    6 kn gusting 13, side-shore. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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