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Brela. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Brela

Kitesurf spot · Croatia

Is it worth the trip?

6Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 19 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best Feb–Apr, Nov1 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Brela, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallySE 5 kn17°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best Feb–Apr, Nov

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

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Brela

HR-Brela-Soline
Photo: SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Брела - panoramio (27)
Photo: Дмитрий Мозжухин, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brela - plaža Punta rata (istok)
Punta rata. Photo: Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Brela

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).

Water about 19°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 sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). The sea is about 13°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at beginner level the best months are usually February, March, April and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Brela. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 climbing area.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,090–US$2,090 each

about US$1,090–US$2,090 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SPU, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$529–US$1,110
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$214–US$362
Food7 days eating outabout US$241–US$449
Totalabout US$1,090–US$2,090

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Brela

Closest

Brela

1 min by car · 137 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 137 places to stay in Brela · Booking.com

About Brela its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 19h

About 19h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SPU, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.