Staying Home Sucks, home
Elbehafen Brunsbüttel geht in Betrieb 1967-07-01 HB09342
Brunsbüttel, the nearest town. Photo: Hanseatische Luftfoto GmbH, Hamburg, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Seglervereinigung Brunsbüttel

Sailing spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

21Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 8 kn gusting 15, offshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 1 knF0
Gusts
4kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 3 knF1
Gusts
8kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 43 out of 100

Wind
E 8 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 4 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Fri 6 · 33 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 18 out of 100

Wind
SE 7 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 15 out of 100

Wind
SSW 7 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
9°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 30, poor
  4. Wed 443, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 633, poor
  7. Sat 718, poor
  8. Sun 815, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, 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 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Seglervereinigung Brunsbüttel
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 4 knotsF28knsideflat10°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the west, 1 knotF04knside-onchop12°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east, 3 knotsF18kncross-offchop10°C
Wed 4Nov43, poorwind from the east, 8 knotsF315knoffnot safeflat10°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 4 knotsF29knoffnot safeflat8°C
Fri 6Nov33, poorwind from the east, 9 knotsF316kncross-offflat8°C
Sat 7Nov18, poorwind from the south-east, 7 knotsF314knsideflat6°C
Sun 8Nov15, poorwind from the south-south-west, 7 knotsF314knonflat9°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 4 knotsF211knonflat9°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 2 knotsF110knsideflat7°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 04:25 +1.8 mLow 10:46 −1.6 mHigh 16:59 +1.5 mLow 23:07 −1.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:23 +1.6 mLow 11:51 −1.4 mHigh 18:02 +1.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:14 −1.1 mHigh 06:29 +1.4 mLow 13:08 −1.3 mHigh 19:15 +1.1 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. 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. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep3of 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 and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Seglervereinigung Brunsbüttel

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 9°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 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 gently: 10 m deep about 850 m out (1 in 86). The sea is about 4°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Brunsbüttel.

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$2,220 each

about US$1,190–US$2,220 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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to HAM, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$985
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,220

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: Brunsbüttel

Closest

Brunsbüttel

2 min by car · 28 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 28 places to stay in Brunsbüttel · Booking.com

About Brunsbüttel its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 17h 55m

About 17h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HAM, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 25m by road

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