Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Balfour Town, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: GDT (GDT), 2 km.

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About Grand Turk

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

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). The sea is about 26°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Balfour Town, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: GDT (GDT), 2 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

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

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PLS, direct.
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Getting there. 2 h 25 from the airport to Grand Turk.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this spot yet: Balfour Town, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: GDT (GDT), 2 km.
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Where it is

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Kite spot

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Forecast

Best on Mon 26: 16 kn gusting 22, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.9 m.

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

Wind forecast and score for each day at Grand Turk
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	0, poor	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots	15kn	offnot safe	chop
Mon 19Oct	0, poor	wind from the east, 9 knots	13kn	offnot safe	chop
Tue 20Oct	0, poor	wind from the east, 5 knots	13kn	offnot safe	0.8 mwaves
Wed 21Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	12kn	cross-off	chop
Thu 22Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	11kn	side-on	chop
Fri 23Oct	0, poor	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	9kn	offnot safe	chop
Sat 24Oct	0, poor	wind from the north, 5 knots	9kn	side	chop
Sun 25Oct	77, good	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	22kn	side-on	chop
Mon 26Oct	80, good	wind from the south-west, 16 knots	22kn	side-on	0.9 mwaves
Tue 27Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-west, 10 knots	20kn	side-on	chop

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

Jan0of 7
Feb0of 7
Mar0of 7
Apr0of 7
May0of 7
Jun0of 7
Jul0of 7
Aug0of 7
Sep0of 7
Oct0of 7
Nov0of 7
Dec0of 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 kite. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to PLS, then 2h 25 by road. About 10h door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 13, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 0.8 m.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 12, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 8 kn gusting 11, side-onshore. Water: chop.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 9, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 9, side-shore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to PLS, then 2h 25 by road. About 10h door to door

Rough cost

About £470–£905 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

Flights £210–£435
To the UK airport £35–£65
Hire car £70–£115
Food £155–£290

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