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Kinghorn Sailing Club
Kinghorn Sailing Club. Photo: Bill Kasman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kinghorn Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

60Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: 13 kn gusting 19, onshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 5 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Tue 3 · 78 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 65 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Wind
E 13 knF4
Gusts
19kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 knF2
Gusts
11kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 3 knF1
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Wind
WSW 11 knF4
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 378, good
  4. Wed 465, good
  5. Thu 589, good
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 872, good
  9. Mon 990, good
  10. Tue 1087, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 10 °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 Kinghorn Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 6 knotsF29knoffnot safeflat11°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 5 knotsF29knoffnot safeflat11°C
Tue 3Nov78, goodwind from the east-north-east, 10 knotsF312knonflat12°C
Wed 4Nov65, goodwind from the east, 9 knotsF312knonflat11°C
Thu 5Nov89, goodwind from the east, 13 knotsF419knonflat11°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knotsF211knonflat11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 3 knotsF16knoffnot safeflat9°C
Sun 8Nov72, goodwind from the west-south-west, 11 knotsF414knoffnot safeflat10°C
Mon 9Nov90, goodwind from the south-west, 11 knotsF417kncross-offflat11°C
Tue 10Nov87, goodwind from the west-south-west, 12 knotsF416knoffnot safeflat9°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 NovHigh 06:36 +1.6 mLow 12:23 −1.3 mHigh 18:48 +1.6 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:07 −1.8 mHigh 07:55 +1.4 mLow 13:36 −1.1 mHigh 20:05 +1.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 02:27 −1.7 mHigh 09:17 +1.3 mLow 14:59 −1.0 mHigh 21:25 +1.5 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. Jan4of 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. 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. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov3of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 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 Kinghorn Sailing Club

Kinghorn Beach
Photo: Bill Kasman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kinghorn and the Fife Coast
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fife - Pettycur Harbour, Kinghorn - 20230920154515
Pettycur Harbour, Kinghorn. Photo: Stromography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kinghorn Sailing Club

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

Water about 10°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 E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 850 m out (1 in 84). The sea is about 6°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 15°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). The town to stay in is Kinghorn. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

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$1,060–US$2,010 each

about US$1,060–US$2,010 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 ORD to EDI, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$422–US$884
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$74
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,060–US$2,010

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: Kinghorn

Closest

Kinghorn

1 min by car · 10 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 10 places to stay in Kinghorn · Booking.com

About Kinghorn 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 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 12h 35m

About 12h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → EDI, direct, then 40 min by road

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