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The beach at Ferryside
River Towy Yacht Club. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

River Towy Yacht Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

50Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 11 kn gusting 17, offshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

Wind
NE 12 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 75 out of 100

Wind
ENE 13 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Wind
ENE 11 knF4
Gusts
19kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 17 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 6 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 2 knF1
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Mon 9 · 45 out of 100

Wind
ESE 15 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 289, good
  2. Tue 389, good
  3. Wed 491, good
  4. Thu 578, good
  5. Fri 617, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 995, good
  9. Tue 1054, fair
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 13 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

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 River Towy Yacht Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov89, goodwind from the north-east, 11 knotsF418knoffnot safeflat11°C
Tue 3Nov89, goodwind from the north-east, 12 knotsF422knoffnot safeflat11°C
Wed 4Nov91, goodwind from the east-north-east, 13 knotsF422kncross-offchop11°C
Thu 5Nov78, goodwind from the east-north-east, 11 knotsF419kncross-offchop10°C
Fri 6Nov17, poorwind from the east-north-east, 7 knotsF312knoffnot safeflat11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 6 knotsF210kncross-offflat10°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 2 knotsF16knoffnot safeflat9°C
Mon 9Nov95, goodwind from the east-south-east, 15 knotsF425knsidechop10°C
Tue 10Nov54, fairwind from the east-south-east, 8 knotsF320kncross-offchop14°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 6 knotsF211knoffnot safechop13°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 05:07 −2.2 mHigh 11:31 +2.4 mLow 17:58 −2.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:17 +2.0 mLow 06:33 −2.0 mHigh 12:53 +2.3 mLow 19:26 −2.2 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 01:38 +2.1 mLow 07:57 −2.1 mHigh 14:10 +2.5 mLow 20:40 −2.5 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. 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. Jul5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 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 River Towy Yacht Club

Ferryside beach
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About River Towy Yacht 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 13°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 moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 28). 1 sailing school or club within 10 km. The sea is about 9°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Kidwelly.

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$1,160–US$2,170 each

about US$1,160–US$2,170 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 DUB, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$423–US$879
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$1,160–US$2,170

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: Kidwelly

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Closest

Kidwelly

about 10 min by car · 8 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 8 places to stay in Kidwelly · Booking.com

About Kidwelly 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 16h

About 16h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DUB, direct, then 4h 10m by road

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