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Noumea MB 6
Nouméa, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Marc Baronnet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Association Calédonienne de Planche et de Voile

Sailing spot · New Caledonia

Is it worth the trip?

67Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: 10 kn gusting 13, side-onshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 94 out of 100

Wind
WSW 11 knF4
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side
Water
1.4 mwaves
Air
24°C

Tue 3 · 41 out of 100

Wind
SE 8 knF3
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
23°C

Wed 4 · 26 out of 100

Wind
SSW 8 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
24°C

Thu 5 · 98 out of 100

Wind
SW 10 knF3
Gusts
13kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
25°C

Fri 6 · 43 out of 100

Wind
NNE 2 knF1
Gusts
5kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 79 out of 100

Wind
SSE 10 knF3
Gusts
13kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 2 knF1
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
26°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 1100, good
  2. Mon 282, good
  3. Tue 328, poor
  4. Wed 422, poor
  5. Thu 598, good
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 768, good
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 930, poor
  10. Tue 1078, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 25 °Cno wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Association Calédonienne de Planche et de Voile
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov100, goodwind from the east-south-east, 11 knotsF413knside2.0 mwaves25°C
Mon 2Nov82, goodwind from the west-south-west, 11 knotsF415knside1.4 mwaves24°C
Tue 3Nov28, poorwind from the south-east, 8 knotsF310knside-on0.9 mwaves23°C
Wed 4Nov22, poorwind from the south-south-west, 8 knotsF312knonchop24°C
Thu 5Nov98, goodwind from the south-west, 10 knotsF313knside-onchop25°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 2 knotsF15knoffnot safechop25°C
Sat 7Nov68, goodwind from the south-south-east, 10 knotsF313knonchop26°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 2 knotsF19knside1.0 mwaves26°C
Mon 9Nov30, poorwind from the south-south-west, 8 knotsF311knon0.9 mwaves25°C
Tue 10Nov78, goodwind from the south-south-east, 9 knotsF314knside-on1.6 mwaves24°C
Wed 11Nov100, goodwind from the south-east, 14 knotsF419knside-on1.7 mwaves23°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 05:39 −0.6 mHigh 12:43 +0.5 mLow 19:02 −0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 00:07 +0.2 mLow 06:41 −0.5 mHigh 13:51 +0.5 mLow 20:23 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 01:33 +0.1 mLow 07:55 −0.4 mHigh 15:01 +0.5 mLow 21:39 −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 sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May5of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec5of 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 Association Calédonienne de Planche et de Voile

Known for sailing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 56). The sea is about 23°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Nouméa. Within 5 km we also list 2 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$1,330–US$2,610 each

about US$1,330–US$2,610 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 NOU, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$811–US$1,690
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$1,330–US$2,610

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: Nouméa

Closest

Nouméa

7 min by car · 13 places to stay

See 13 places to stay in Nouméa · Booking.com

About Nouméa 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 31h 15m

About 31h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → NOU, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 1h by road

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