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Beach and Navyard Wharf
Near Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club. Photo: Robert Eva, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

43Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: 8 kn gusting 12, side-shore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 22 knF6
Gusts
30kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 16 knF4
Gusts
21kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 48 out of 100

Wind
NE 7 knF3
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 47 out of 100

Wind
N 6 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 96 out of 100

Wind
WSW 8 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Mon 9 · 27 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Tue 10 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 14 knF4
Gusts
20kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 30, poor
  2. Wed 40, poor
  3. Thu 50, poor
  4. Fri 648, fair
  5. Sat 747, fair
  6. Sun 896, good
  7. Mon 940, poor
  8. Tue 100, poor
  9. Wed 110, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 12 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

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 Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 15 knotsF420knsidechop12°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east, 22 knotsF630kncross-offchop12°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 16 knotsF421kncross-offchop10°C
Fri 6Nov48, fairwind from the north-east, 7 knotsF310knsideflat11°C
Sat 7Nov47, fairwind from the north, 6 knotsF210knside-onflat11°C
Sun 8Nov96, goodwind from the west-south-west, 8 knotsF312knsideflat10°C
Mon 9Nov40, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knotsF210knsideflat11°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 14 knotsF420knoffnot safechop10°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the east, 12 knotsF419kncross-offchop9°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

  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:27 +1.1 mLow 11:42 −1.3 mHigh 18:29 +1.2 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:28 −0.7 mHigh 06:38 +1.1 mLow 13:05 −1.4 mHigh 19:39 +1.3 m
  • Thu 5 NovLow 01:47 −0.8 mHigh 07:45 +1.3 mLow 14:17 −1.5 mHigh 20:39 +1.4 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.

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Photos of Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club

Beach huts at Harwich Green
Near Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beach huts at Harwich
Near Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club. Photo: Ralph Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stena Hollandica setting sail for The Hook of Holland
Near Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club. Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club

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

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. 2 sailing schools or clubs and 6 boat hire places within 10 km. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Harwich.

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$1,190–US$2,210 each

about US$1,190–US$2,210 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$450–US$926
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,210

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: Harwich

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Closest

Harwich

about 5 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Harwich · Booking.com

About Harwich its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 15h

About 15h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LHR, direct, then 2h 35m by road

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