Staying Home Sucks, home

Buluba landing site

Harbour: bring your own boat · Uganda

Is it worth the trip?

42Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Fri 6: 5 kn gusting 9, onshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 60 out of 100

Wind
SSE 6 knF2
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 41 out of 100

Wind
S 4 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
26°C

Fri 6 · 75 out of 100

Wind
SSW 7 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
26°C

Sat 7 · 31 out of 100

Wind
SSW 5 knF2
Gusts
12kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 8 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
25°C

Mon 9 · 25 out of 100

Wind
SW 4 knF2
Gusts
13kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
27°C

Tue 10 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 1 knF0
Gusts
18kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 396, good
  2. Wed 4100, good
  3. Thu 549, fair
  4. Fri 690, good
  5. Sat 746, fair
  6. Sun 850, fair
  7. Mon 937, poor
  8. Tue 100, poor
  9. Wed 1129, poor
  10. Thu 120, poor

The spot in four facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Best Feb–May4 good days in 7

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 Buluba landing site
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Tue 3Nov96, goodwind from the south, 5 knotsF213knside-on–25°C
Wed 4Nov100, goodwind from the south-south-east, 6 knotsF212knside-on–26°C
Thu 5Nov49, fairwind from the south, 4 knotsF29knon–26°C
Fri 6Nov90, goodwind from the south-south-west, 7 knotsF314knon–26°C
Sat 7Nov46, fairwind from the south-south-west, 5 knotsF212knon–25°C
Sun 8Nov50, fairwind from the west-south-west, 8 knotsF315knside-on–25°C
Mon 9Nov37, poorwind from the south-west, 4 knotsF213knon–27°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 1 knotF018knon–27°C
Wed 11Nov29, poorwind from the west-south-west, 4 knotsF210knside-on–26°C
Thu 12Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 4 knotsF211knoffnot safe–22°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

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

best Feb–May

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

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May4of 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. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Wed 4 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

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

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Buluba landing site

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

A harbour, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. We found no boat hire, sailing school or club within 10 km on the map, so bring your own boat here. For sailing at beginner level the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 4 good days in 7; in August, September and October, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Magamaga.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Magamaga

Ad Links marked Ad may pay us if you book. You pay the same, and they never change a score. How we earn

Closest

Magamaga

about 15 min by car

See places to stay in Magamaga · Booking.com

About Magamaga its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Magamaga, 6 km. We have not checked places to stay in Magamaga yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Mayuge, 11 km away (about 20 min by car). Search before you plan on staying there.

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there

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