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About Palau

Known for kitesurfing 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 21°C: 2 mm shorty. 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 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at expert level the best month is usually January, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Palau. Within 5 km we also list 6 wind sports spots.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to OLB, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 8 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → OLB · Skyscanner from about £460 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Palau.

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  3. Accommodation.

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

  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

Palau on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Sat 24: 20 kn gusting 36, side-shore. Water: waves 0.9 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct010knsideflat
Mon 19Oct023knsidechop
Tue 20Oct6335kncross-offchop
Wed 21Oct6333kncross-offchop
Thu 22Oct5347knsidechop
Fri 23Oct025knsidechop
Sat 24Oct6736knside0.9 mwaves
Sun 25Oct5234knsidechop
Mon 26Oct017knside-on0.8 mwaves
Tue 27Oct08knside-onchop

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. Mar2of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun1of 7
  7. Jul1of 7
  8. Aug1of 7
  9. Sep1of 7
  10. Oct1of 7
  11. Nov2of 7
  12. Dec2of 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 OLB, changing at AMS, then 55 min by road. About 18h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Porto Puddu

    20 kn gusting 25, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Porto Puddu

    29 kn gusting 38, side-shore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Porto Puddu

    29 kn gusting 38, side-shore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Porto Puddu

    17 kn gusting 23, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Porto Puddu

    26 kn gusting 35, side-shore. Water: waves 0.9 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to OLB, changing at AMS, then 55 min by road. About 18h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,050–£1,980 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 £460–£950
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £80–£130
  • Stay £245–£405
  • Food £230–£430

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