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San Juan. Puerto Rico
San Juan, the nearest town. Photo: Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Puerto Rico San Juan

Kitesurf spot · Puerto Rico

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 5 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 5 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, 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 Nopen to the N
  • Best wind: E or Walong the shore
  • Avoid: Sblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 29 °Cno wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Puerto Rico San Juan
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east, 7 knots11knside0.8 mwaves30°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 5 knots8knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves29°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south, 3 knots6knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves30°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 5 knots8kncross-off0.9 mwaves29°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south, 3 knots6knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves29°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots7knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves28°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 3 knots7kncross-offchop28°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 5 knots9kncross-off0.9 mwaves29°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots7knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves29°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots7knoffnot safe1.3 mwaves29°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 00:54 +0.1 mLow 06:50 −0.2 mHigh 14:01 +0.3 mLow 20:45 −0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:07 +0.1 mLow 08:01 −0.2 mHigh 14:58 +0.3 mLow 21:36 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:22 +0.1 mLow 09:18 −0.1 mHigh 15:54 +0.3 mLow 22:24 −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.

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. Jan1of 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. Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 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. Nov0of 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 Puerto Rico San Juan

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces N, so wind from the S 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 and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is San Juan. Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots and 1 dive site.

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$884–US$1,650 each

about US$884–US$1,650 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 SJU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$275–US$576
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$27–US$47
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$884–US$1,650

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: San Juan

Closest

San Juan

2 min by car · 53 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 53 places to stay in San Juan · Booking.com

About San Juan its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 8h 45m

About 8h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SJU, direct, then 30 min by road

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