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Nantucket, United States

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About Nantucket

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

Water about 16°C: 3/2 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 NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 33.3 km out (1 in 3333). The sea is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at expert level the best months are usually January, March, November and December, with about 3 good days in 7; in June and July, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Nantucket. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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From Chicago: about 4 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ACK, direct.

    See flights ORD → ACK · Skyscanner from about £150 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Nantucket.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in NantucketAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

    Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

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    Closest towns to stay in

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Windsurfing lessons in Nantucket · GetYourGuideAdBoard and rig hire in Nantucket · GetYourGuideAd

Everything else for the trip

Where it is

Nantucket on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: 24 kn gusting 33, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct4928knonchop
Mon 19Oct7229knonchop
Tue 20Oct8033knside-on0.8 mwaves
Wed 21Oct6842knon0.9 mwaves
Thu 22Oct8035knside-onchop
Fri 23Oct8030knsidechop
Sat 24Oct8030knside-onchop
Sun 25Oct017knsidechop
Mon 26Oct010knoffnot safeflat
Tue 27Oct7229knonchop

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. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar3of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug1of 7
  9. Sep2of 7
  10. Oct2of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to ACK, then 25 min by road. About 4h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Nantucket

    24 kn gusting 33, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Nantucket

    31 kn gusting 42, onshore. Water: waves 0.9 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Nantucket

    23 kn gusting 35, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Nantucket

    21 kn gusting 30, side-shore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Nantucket

    19 kn gusting 30, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to ACK, then 25 min by road. About 4h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £730–£1,335 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 £150–£310
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £15–£25
  • Stay £270–£455
  • Food £260–£480

Places to eat near Nantucket

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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Getting thereAd

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