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The Strand, Lympstone
Lympstone Sailing Club. Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lympstone Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

38Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Thu 5: 10 kn gusting 21, offshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 54 out of 100

Wind
NNE 10 knF3
Gusts
21kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 55 out of 100

Wind
ENE 11 knF4
Gusts
21kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 57 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 knF3
Gusts
21kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 4 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 3 knF1
Gusts
7kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 2 knF1
Gusts
8kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Mon 9 · 29 out of 100

Wind
ESE 13 knF4
Gusts
24kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
12°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 289, good
  2. Tue 381, good
  3. Wed 469, good
  4. Thu 585, good
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 990, good
  9. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 14 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots
  • Best Feb–Mar, Sep5 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 Lympstone Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov89, goodwind from the north-north-east, 11 knotsF422knoffnot safechop11°C
Tue 3Nov81, goodwind from the north-north-east, 10 knotsF321knoffnot safechop12°C
Wed 4Nov69, goodwind from the east-north-east, 11 knotsF421knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves10°C
Thu 5Nov85, goodwind from the east-north-east, 10 knotsF321knoffnot safechop9°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 4 knotsF210knoffnot safechop11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 3 knotsF17knsideflat10°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north, 2 knotsF18kncross-offflat8°C
Mon 9Nov90, goodwind from the east-south-east, 13 knotsF424kncross-offchop12°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 2 knotsF110knonchop15°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 04:41 −1.0 mHigh 11:49 +1.1 mLow 17:32 −1.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:49 +0.8 mLow 05:53 −0.8 mHigh 13:16 +1.0 mLow 18:57 −0.9 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:11 +0.9 mLow 07:23 −0.7 mHigh 14:32 +1.1 mLow 20:30 −1.0 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 Feb–Mar, Sep

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. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May4of 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. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Tue 3 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 Lympstone Sailing Club

Waterfront at Lympstone Village, Devon
Photo: Andrew Tryon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Reed beds at Nutwell Park
Near Lympstone Sailing Club. Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lympstone Sailing Club

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

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). The sea is about 9°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually February, March and September, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Lympstone. 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$1,050–US$2,000 each

about US$1,050–US$2,000 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 EXT, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$435–US$911
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,050–US$2,000

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: Lympstone

Closest

Lympstone

about 5 min by car · 10 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 10 places to stay in Lympstone · Booking.com

About Lympstone 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 16h 05m

About 16h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → EXT, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 30 min by road

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