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Lae Yacht Club

Sailing spot · Papua New Guinea

Is it worth the trip?

31Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: 9 kn gusting 21, onshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 46 out of 100

Wind
SE 9 knF3
Gusts
20kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 38 out of 100

Wind
SE 8 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 32 out of 100

Wind
SE 8 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 27 out of 100

Wind
SSE 8 knF3
Gusts
18kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
30°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 1 knF0
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
31°C

Sun 8 · 23 out of 100

Wind
SE 9 knF3
Gusts
21kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
31°C

Mon 9 · 18 out of 100

Wind
ESE 8 knF3
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
30°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 245, fair
  2. Tue 357, fair
  3. Wed 446, fair
  4. Thu 548, fair
  5. Fri 641, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 823, poor
  8. Mon 918, poor
  9. Tue 1024, poor
  10. Wed 1150, fair

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 30 °Cno wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Lae Yacht Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov45, fairwind from the south-south-east, 8 knotsF320knonflat29°C
Tue 3Nov57, fairwind from the south-east, 9 knotsF320knonchop29°C
Wed 4Nov46, fairwind from the south-east, 8 knotsF319knonflat29°C
Thu 5Nov48, fairwind from the south-east, 8 knotsF319knonflat29°C
Fri 6Nov41, poorwind from the south-south-east, 8 knotsF318knonflat30°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 1 knotF015knside-onflat31°C
Sun 8Nov23, poorwind from the south-east, 9 knotsF321knonflat31°C
Mon 9Nov18, poorwind from the east-south-east, 8 knotsF321knside-onflat30°C
Tue 10Nov24, poorwind from the east-south-east, 8 knotsF319knonflat29°C
Wed 11Nov50, fairwind from the south-east, 10 knotsF324knon–29°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

  • Mon 2 NovLow 06:24 −0.3 mHigh 16:19 +0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 07:05 −0.3 mHigh 16:15 +0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 07:32 −0.2 mHigh 15:53 +0.3 mLow 22:46 −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.

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the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lae Yacht Club

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

Water about 30°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 3). The sea is about 28°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Lae.

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: Lae

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Closest

Lae

about 5 min by car · 19 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

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About Lae its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$74 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

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