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Holmestrand
Kitesurf spot · Norway
Is it worth the trip?
0Poor out of 100 for your dates
Every day scores the same
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 6 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 8°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NW 5 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 9°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 4 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 8°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 8°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 6°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- N 5 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 3°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NW 1 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 2°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, poor
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces NEopen to the NE
- Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
- Avoid: SWblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west, 2 knots | 6kn | offnot safe | flat | 9°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 6 knots | 13kn | side | flat | 8°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-west, 5 knots | 10kn | cross-off | flat | 9°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots | 8kn | side | flat | 8°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots | 9kn | side | flat | 8°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 1 knot | 5kn | side | flat | 6°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north, 5 knots | 11kn | side-on | flat | 3°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-west, 1 knot | 8kn | side | flat | 2°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 0 knots | 7kn | side | flat | 3°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 8 knots | 16kn | cross-off | flat | 7°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
- Sun 1 NovLow 03:09 −0.1 mHigh 10:06 +0.2 mLow 15:44 −0.2 mHigh 22:48 +0.2 m
- Mon 2 NovLow 04:16 −0.1 mHigh 11:00 +0.2 mLow 16:50 −0.2 mHigh 23:41 +0.2 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 05:14 −0.1 mHigh 11:51 +0.2 mLow 17:48 −0.2 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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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Holmestrand
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 9°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 NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW 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 12). The sea is about 3°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Holmestrand.
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$1,390–US$2,580 each
about US$1,390–US$2,580 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 ORD to OSL, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$456–US$945 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$214–US$355 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$342–US$569 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$382–US$710 |
| Total | about US$1,390–US$2,580 |
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: Holmestrand
1 min by car · 5 places to stay
about US$127/nightcountry average
About Holmestrand its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$127 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 18h 30m
About 18h 30m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → OSL, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), then 1h 50m by road
Flights ORD → OSL on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.