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City Hall, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Cienfuegos, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Joe Ross from Lansing, Michigan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Alborán Charter-Bluesail Caribe

Sailing spot · Cuba

Is it worth the trip?

36Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 36 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

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

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual sailing conditions at Alborán Charter-Bluesail Caribe, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyNE 8 knF329°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 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. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Alborán Charter-Bluesail Caribe

Known for sailing, 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 sailing, 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 26). The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Cienfuegos.

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$737–US$1,360 each

about US$737–US$1,360 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 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to VRA, estimated from distance and season, changing at MIA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$214–US$442
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$100–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$737–US$1,360

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: Cienfuegos

Closest

Cienfuegos

4 min by car · 145 places to stay

See 145 places to stay in Cienfuegos · Booking.com

About Cienfuegos its beds, food and every spot near it

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 12h 55m

About 12h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → VRA, changing at Miami International Airport (MIA), then 2h 45m by road

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