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Sullivan Bay Beach looking east - panoramio
Near Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Photo: Stephen Digby, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club

Sailing spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: 13 kn gusting 18, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 90 out of 100

Wind
SSW 12 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
14°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 18 knF5
Gusts
24kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 90 out of 100

Wind
SW 15 knF4
Gusts
20kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
14°C

Fri 6 · 99 out of 100

Wind
WNW 13 knF4
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 19 knF5
Gusts
25kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 96 out of 100

Wind
SE 10 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
13°C

Mon 9 · 51 out of 100

Wind
NE 9 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
18°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 286, good
  2. Tue 390, good
  3. Wed 448, fair
  4. Thu 590, good
  5. Fri 699, good
  6. Sat 768, good
  7. Sun 896, good
  8. Mon 951, fair
  9. Tue 1071, good
  10. Wed 1195, good

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 16 °C3/2 wetsuit
  • Best in Jan6 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 Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov86, goodwind from the north-north-east, 10 knotsF314knonchop16°C
Tue 3Nov90, goodwind from the south-south-west, 12 knotsF417knoffnot safechop14°C
Wed 4Nov48, fairwind from the west, 18 knotsF524kncross-offchop16°C
Thu 5Nov90, goodwind from the south-west, 15 knotsF420knoffnot safechop14°C
Fri 6Nov99, goodwind from the west-north-west, 13 knotsF418knsidechop17°C
Sat 7Nov68, goodwind from the south-west, 19 knotsF525knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves12°C
Sun 8Nov96, goodwind from the south-east, 10 knotsF314knsidechop13°C
Mon 9Nov51, fairwind from the north-east, 9 knotsF316knonchop18°C
Tue 10Nov71, goodwind from the south, 17 knotsF525knoffnot safechop16°C
Wed 11Nov95, goodwind from the south, 14 knotsF420kncross-off0.8 mwaves15°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 NovHigh 05:30 +1.2 mLow 11:14 −0.7 mHigh 17:19 +0.8 mLow 23:20 −1.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:17 +1.1 mLow 12:01 −0.7 mHigh 18:16 +0.7 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:11 −1.0 mHigh 07:07 +0.9 mLow 12:54 −0.7 mHigh 19:24 +0.7 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 in Jan

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 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. 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

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Photos of Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club

Sullivan Bay, first British settlement in Victoria
Near Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Photo: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Information Panels Sullivan Bay - Surrounds - panoramio
Near Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Photo: Stephen Digby, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sullivan Bay information board, Victoria
Near Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club

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

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 33.3 km out (1 in 3333). 1 sailing school or club within 10 km. The sea is about 12°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For sailing at intermediate level the best month is usually January, with about 6 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Sorrento. Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 4 dive sites.

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$1,780–US$3,440 each

about US$1,780–US$3,440 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 MDW to MEL, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$959–US$2,000
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$148–US$242
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$356–US$597
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$597
Totalabout US$1,780–US$3,440

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: Sorrento

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Closest

Sorrento

about 5 min by car · 28 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 28 places to stay in Sorrento · Booking.com

About Sorrento its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 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 29h 25m

About 29h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 1h 35m by road

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