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Sylt - List, Germany

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About Sylt - List

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, 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 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. 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 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 32). The sea is about 4°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually February, October, November and December, with about 3 good days in 7; in June and July, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is List auf Sylt.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to BLL, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → BLL · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 55 from the airport to Sylt - List.

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  3. Accommodation.

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

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

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: 19 kn gusting 29, side-onshore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct8029knside-onchop
Mon 19Oct8023knside-onflat
Tue 20Oct8023knside-onflat
Wed 21Oct7220knonflat
Thu 22Oct4029knside-onchop
Fri 23Oct7226knonchop
Sat 24Oct4024knside-onflat
Sun 25Oct2747knside-onchop
Mon 26Oct030kncross-offchop
Tue 27Oct051knside-on1.0 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 windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar2of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May2of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BLL, changing at AMS, then 1h 55 by road. About 18h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Sylt - List

    17 kn gusting 23, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Sylt - List

    15 kn gusting 20, onshore. Water: flat.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Sylt - List

    20 kn gusting 29, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Sylt - List

    19 kn gusting 26, onshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Sylt - List

    13 kn gusting 24, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BLL, changing at AMS, then 1h 55 by road. About 18h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £835–£1,600 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–£850
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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