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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

Sailing spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

7Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Thu 5: not enough of the right wind, 8 kn gusting 21, cross-offshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 10 knF3
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
23°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 0 knF0
Gusts
12kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
24°C

Wed 4 · 12 out of 100

Wind
SE 7 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
22°C

Thu 5 · 22 out of 100

Wind
SSE 11 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 knF3
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
21°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 4 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 9 knF3
Gusts
23kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
17°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 133, poor
  2. Mon 258, fair
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 412, poor
  5. Thu 553, fair
  6. Fri 633, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 835, poor
  9. Mon 934, poor
  10. Tue 1054, fair

The spot in three facts

  • Faces Nopen to the N
  • Best wind: E or Walong the shore
  • Avoid: Sblows out to sea

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov33, poorwind from the east-south-east, 7 knotsF319kncross-off–22°C
Mon 2Nov58, fairwind from the north-east, 10 knotsF324knside-on–23°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 0 knotsF012knoffnot safe–24°C
Wed 4Nov12, poorwind from the south-east, 7 knotsF319knoffnot safe–22°C
Thu 5Nov53, fairwind from the south-south-east, 11 knotsF425knoffnot safe–20°C
Fri 6Nov33, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knotsF325knside–21°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 4 knotsF210knside–26°C
Sun 8Nov35, poorwind from the south, 9 knotsF323knoffnot safe–17°C
Mon 9Nov34, poorwind from the south, 8 knotsF321knoffnot safe–19°C
Tue 10Nov54, fairwind from the east-north-east, 10 knotsF324knside-on–23°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 4 knotsF211knside-on–19°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

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. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 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. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 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, its town, photos

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

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Photos of Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

Darling Point NSW 2027, Australia - panoramio
Photo: noah.odonoghue, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

Known for sailing, 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).

A spot for sailing, 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. The town to stay in is Sydney. Within 5 km we also list 10 surf spots, 6 wind sports spots and 2 dive sites.

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$1,620–US$3,150 each

about US$1,620–US$3,150 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 SYD, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$925–US$1,920
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,620–US$3,150

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: Sydney

Closest

Sydney

4 min by car · 446 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 446 places to stay in Sydney · Booking.com

About Sydney 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 27h 25m

About 27h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SYD, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 30 min by road

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