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Paxos, Greece

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About Paxos

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

Water about 23°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 SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 7). The sea is about 16°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually November, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, August and September, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Gaios.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CFU, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA). About 7 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 10 from the airport to Paxos.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Fri 23: 16 kn gusting 21, side-shore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Mon 19Oct07knoffnot safechop
Tue 20Oct012kncross-offflat
Wed 21Oct6723knside1.0 mwaves
Thu 22Oct024kncross-off0.8 mwaves
Fri 23Oct8021knsidechop
Sat 24Oct015knoffnot safechop
Sun 25Oct016knsidechop
Mon 26Oct6920knside0.9 mwaves
Tue 27Oct8022knsidechop
Wed 28Oct013knoffnot safe–

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).

  1. Jan1of 7
  2. Feb1of 7
  3. Mar1of 7
  4. Apr1of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul1of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep0of 7
  10. Oct1of 7
  11. Nov2of 7
  12. Dec1of 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to CFU, changing at FRA, then 1h 10 by road. About 19h 35 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Kite Paxos

    15 kn gusting 23, side-shore. Water: waves 1 m.

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 17 kn gusting 24, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Kite Paxos

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

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 4 kn gusting 15, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 11 kn gusting 16, side-shore. Water: chop.

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to CFU, changing at FRA, then 1h 10 by road. About 19h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £920–£1,780 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 £495–£1,030
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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