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Tofta, Sweden

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About Tofta

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, 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 11°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. 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 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 exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 900 m out (1 in 88). The sea is about 3°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at beginner level the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 4 good days in 7; in January and December, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Vastergarn.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → LPI · Skyscanner from about £420 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h 20 from the airport to Tofta.

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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 Sat 24: 10 kn gusting 14, side-shore. Water: waves 1 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct014kncross-off1.0 mwaves
Mon 19Oct011knoffnot safechop
Tue 20Oct010knoffnot safechop
Wed 21Oct018knoffnot safechop
Thu 22Oct4618knside1.5 mwaves
Fri 23Oct6415knside1.4 mwaves
Sat 24Oct6514knside1.0 mwaves
Sun 25Oct022knside1.9 mwaves
Mon 26Oct027knside-on1.7 mwaves
Tue 27Oct031knon1.0 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. Mar3of 7
  4. Apr3of 7
  5. May4of 7
  6. Jun4of 7
  7. Jul4of 7
  8. Aug4of 7
  9. Sep3of 7
  10. Oct3of 7
  11. Nov3of 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 LPI, changing at AMS, then 3h 20 by road. About 20h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 10, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 13 kn gusting 18, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Tofta

    12 kn gusting 18, side-shore. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Tofta

    12 kn gusting 15, side-shore. Water: waves 1.4 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Tofta

    10 kn gusting 14, side-shore. Water: waves 1 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to LPI, changing at AMS, then 3h 20 by road. About 20h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £845–£1,620 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 £420–£870
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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