Encounter Bay
Kitesurf spot · Australia
Is it worth the trip?
34Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Wed 4: 21 kn gusting 28, side-shore, Water: waves 1 m
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- S 2 kn
- Gusts
- 4kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 17°C
Wed 4 · 99 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 21 kn
- Gusts
- 28kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 16°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 6 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- 0.8 mwaves
- Air
- 17°C
Fri 6 · 49 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 16 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 0.9 mwaves
- Air
- 18°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 11 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 13°C
Sun 8 · 23 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 12 kn
- Gusts
- 19kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 0.9 mwaves
- Air
- 14°C
Mon 9 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 11 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 19°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 248, fair
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 499, good
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 649, fair
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 823, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 1044, poor
- Wed 110, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces SEopen to the SE
- Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
- Avoid: NWblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 17 °C3/2 wetsuit
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 48, fair | wind from the south-south-west, 15 knots | 19kn | side | 0.8 mwaves | 16°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 2 knots | 4kn | side | chop | 17°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 99, good | wind from the south-west, 21 knots | 28kn | side | 1.0 mwaves | 16°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 6 knots | 10kn | cross-off | 0.8 mwaves | 17°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 49, fair | wind from the south-west, 16 knots | 20kn | side | 0.9 mwaves | 18°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots | 17kn | side-on | 1.0 mwaves | 13°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 23, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots | 19kn | side-on | 0.9 mwaves | 14°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots | 14kn | side-on | chop | 19°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 44, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots | 14kn | side-on | chop | 21°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-east, 10 knots | 15kn | side | chop | 22°C |
Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More
Tide
- Mon 2 NovHigh 06:02 +0.4 mLow 10:40 +0.2 mHigh 12:47 +0.2 mLow 21:30 −0.3 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 07:16 +0.2 mLow 11:01 +0.2 mHigh 13:17 +0.2 mLow 21:34 −0.2 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 03:33 +0.1 mLow 05:48 +0.1 mHigh 09:15 +0.1 mLow 11:44 +0.1 mHigh 13:32 +0.1 mLow 18:58 −0.1 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
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the spot and its town
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More kitesurf near here
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Encounter Bay
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).
Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). The sea is about 14°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Encounter Bay. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.
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$1,810–US$3,470 each
about US$1,810–US$3,470 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return MDW to ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$985–US$2,040 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$147–US$241 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$355–US$596 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$596 |
| Total | about US$1,810–US$3,470 |
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: Encounter Bay
about 5 min by car · 18 places to stay
about US$134/nightcountry average
About Encounter Bay its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$134 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 29h 50m
About 29h 50m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 1h 35m by road
Flights MDW → ADL on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.