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Provincetown, United States

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About Provincetown

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 15°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 gently: 10 m deep about 950 m out (1 in 95). 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 intermediate level the best months are usually May and September, with about 3 good days in 7; in December, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Provincetown.

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From Chicago: about 5 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 05 from the airport to Provincetown.

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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 Mon 19: 12 kn gusting 16, side-shore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct4018knsidechop
Mon 19Oct8016knsidechop
Tue 20Oct026kncross-offchop
Wed 21Oct7831knside0.9 mwaves
Thu 22Oct026kncross-offchop
Fri 23Oct031knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves
Sat 24Oct021kncross-off0.8 mwaves
Sun 25Oct015kncross-offchop
Mon 26Oct015kncross-offflat
Tue 27Oct017knoffnot safechop

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. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar2of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May3of 7
  6. Jun2of 7
  7. Jul2of 7
  8. Aug2of 7
  9. Sep3of 7
  10. Oct2of 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 Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to HYA, then 1h 05 by road. About 5h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 20 kn gusting 26, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Provincetown

    22 kn gusting 31, side-shore. Water: waves 0.9 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 18 kn gusting 26, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 21 kn gusting 31, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 0.9 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 21, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to HYA, then 1h 05 by road. About 5h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £790–£1,435 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 £75–£125
  • Stay £270–£455
  • Food £260–£480

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