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Port Stanvac

Kitesurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

11Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 14 kn gusting 32, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 15 out of 100

Wind
SSW 12 kn
Gusts
28kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
22°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 42 out of 100

Wind
SW 14 kn
Gusts
32kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
18°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
18°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 9 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 215, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 442, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. 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 17 °C3/2 wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Port Stanvac
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 7 knots13kncross-offchop19°C
Mon 2Nov15, poorwind from the south-south-west, 12 knots28knsidechop22°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the west, 5 knots13knonflat20°C
Wed 4Nov42, poorwind from the south-west, 14 knots32knsidechop18°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots12knside-onchop17°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 6 knots17knside-onchop18°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 9 knots21kncross-offchop16°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 7 knots20knoffnot safeflat20°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north, 6 knots17knsidechop23°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 7 knots20kncross-offchop30°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 01:08 −0.5 mHigh 08:18 +1.0 mLow 15:17 −0.4 mHigh 20:20 −0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:09 −0.4 mHigh 08:39 +0.7 mLow 15:51 −0.2 mHigh 19:35 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:51 −0.3 mHigh 08:40 +0.4 mLow 23:01 −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.

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).

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec1of 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 and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Port Stanvac

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).

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 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). The sea is about 13°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 22°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Brighton South Australia. Within 5 km we also list 3 wind sports spots.

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$1,690–US$3,280 each

about US$1,690–US$3,280 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 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$27–US$47
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,690–US$3,280

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: Brighton South Australia

Closest

Brighton South Australia

17 min by car · 17 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 17 places to stay in Brighton South Australia · Booking.com

About Brighton South Australia 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 28h 50m

About 28h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 30 min by road

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