Jumeirah
Kitesurf spot · United Arab Emirates
Is it worth the trip?
0Poor out of 100 for your dates
Every day scores the same
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 2 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 30°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 8 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 31°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 7 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 31°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 5 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 30°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 4 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 31°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 5 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 30°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 30°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 Wopen to the W
- Best wind: N or Salong the shore
- Avoid: Eblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 29 °Cno wetsuit
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 7kn | offnot safe | flat | 33°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots | 6kn | side | flat | 30°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 8 knots | 11kn | side-on | flat | 31°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots | 12kn | side | flat | 31°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots | 11kn | side | flat | 30°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 4 knots | 8kn | offnot safe | flat | 31°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots | 8kn | offnot safe | flat | 30°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots | 9kn | offnot safe | flat | 30°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 11kn | offnot safe | flat | 30°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots | 10kn | cross-off | flat | 30°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 NovHigh 05:01 +0.2 mLow 09:26 −0.1 mHigh 16:04 +0.8 mLow 23:36 −0.8 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 06:18 +0.2 mLow 10:40 −0.1 mHigh 17:13 +0.7 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 00:51 −0.7 mHigh 07:36 +0.2 mLow 12:33 −0.0 mHigh 18:37 +0.6 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.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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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 and its town
Jumeirah on Google Maps · Directions
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Jumeirah
Known for kitesurfing, 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).
Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for kitesurfing, 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 sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 139). The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 34°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Al Barsha. Within 5 km we also list 4 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$1,220–US$2,390 each
about US$1,220–US$2,390 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 DXB, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag | about US$744–US$1,540 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$33–US$54 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$208–US$348 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$234–US$442 |
| Total | about US$1,220–US$2,390 |
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: Al Barsha
22 min by car · 10 places to stay
about US$80/nightcountry average
About Al Barsha 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 55m
About 19h 55m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → DXB, direct, then 35 min by road
Flights ORD → DXB on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.