Staying Home Sucks, home
Atardecer en La Manga
La Manga, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: Esteban Palacios Blanco, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Escuela de Vela Sandrina

Sailing spot · Spain

Is it worth the trip?

50Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 2: 15 kn gusting 20, cross-offshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 94 out of 100

Wind
NE 15 knF4
Gusts
20kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Tue 3 · 28 out of 100

Wind
ENE 8 knF3
Gusts
13kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 17 knF5
Gusts
24kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 49 out of 100

Wind
NNE 10 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
19°C

Fri 6 · 23 out of 100

Wind
ENE 8 knF3
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 5 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Wind
NE 9 knF3
Gusts
13kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
20°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 294, good
  3. Tue 328, poor
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 549, fair
  6. Fri 623, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 872, good
  9. Mon 935, poor
  10. Tue 10100, good

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 20 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best Apr–Jul6 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 Escuela de Vela Sandrina
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 6 knotsF211knsideflat20°C
Mon 2Nov94, goodwind from the north-east, 15 knotsF420kncross-offflat20°C
Tue 3Nov28, poorwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF313knoffnot safechop19°C
Wed 4Nov83, goodwind from the north-east, 17 knotsF524kncross-offchop19°C
Thu 5Nov49, fairwind from the north-north-east, 10 knotsF316knsideflat19°C
Fri 6Nov23, poorwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF311knoffnot safeflat19°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 5 knotsF29knsideflat20°C
Sun 8Nov72, goodwind from the north-east, 9 knotsF313kncross-offflat20°C
Mon 9Nov35, poorwind from the south-south-west, 8 knotsF313knsideflat21°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodwind from the south-west, 11 knotsF417knside-onchop23°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 00:47 −0.1 mHigh 16:19 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:53 −0.1 mHigh 16:21 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:17 −0.1 mHigh 12:13 +0.1 mLow 14:39 +0.1 mHigh 14:57 +0.1 mLow 19:51 +0.0 mHigh 20:52 +0.0 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

best Apr–Jul

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

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec3of 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.

More sailing near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Escuela de Vela Sandrina

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 20°C: 2 mm shorty. 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 is about 15°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 6 good days in 7; in December, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is La Manga. 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$1,040–US$1,980 each

about US$1,040–US$1,980 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 ORD to ALC, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,010
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$1,040–US$1,980

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: La Manga

Closest

La Manga

8 min by car · 28 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 28 places to stay in La Manga · Booking.com

About La Manga its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 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 18h 10m

About 18h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ALC, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 1h 30m by road

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