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Sejl Center Prøstø. Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sejl Center Prøstø

Sailing spot · Denmark

Is it worth the trip?

6Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: not enough of the right wind, 7 kn gusting 14, side-onshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 14 out of 100

Wind
SSW 7 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Tue 3 · 18 out of 100

Wind
NE 7 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 4 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 4 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 7 knF3
Gusts
13kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 5 knF2
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 5 knF2
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
7°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 214, poor
  3. Tue 318, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 1016, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Nopen to the N
  • Best wind: E or Walong the shore
  • Avoid: Sblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 10 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Sejl Center Prøstø
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south, 5 knotsF211knoffnot safeflat10°C
Mon 2Nov14, poorwind from the south-south-west, 7 knotsF312knoffnot safeflat10°C
Tue 3Nov18, poorwind from the north-east, 7 knotsF314knside-onflat10°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 4 knotsF210knonflat10°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west, 4 knotsF29knsideflat9°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 7 knotsF313knonflat8°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south, 5 knotsF211knoffnot safeflat8°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 5 knotsF211knoffnot safeflat7°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the west, 4 knotsF29kncross-offflat9°C
Tue 10Nov16, poorwind from the south, 7 knotsF315knoffnot safeflat8°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 NovLow 02:07 −0.1 mHigh 13:19 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:43 −0.1 mHigh 14:05 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:16 −0.0 mHigh 14:45 +0.1 mLow 23:54 −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.

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. Jan5of 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. May5of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun5of 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 Mon 2 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 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 Sejl Center Prøstø

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces N, so wind from the S 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 N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 8.3 km out (1 in 833). The sea is about 4°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Præstø. Within 5 km we also list 1 mountain bike area.

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$1,410–US$2,610 each

about US$1,410–US$2,610 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 CPH, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$985
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$201–US$335
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$576
Food7 days eating outabout US$389–US$717
Totalabout US$1,410–US$2,610

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: Præstø

Closest

Præstø

7 min by car · 2 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Præstø · Booking.com

About Præstø its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 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 14h 35m

About 14h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CPH, direct, then 1h 30m by road

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