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St Mary’s Loch Sailing Club at Tibbie Shiels
St Mary's Loch Sailing Club. Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

St Mary's Loch Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

14Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Thu 5: 13 kn gusting 25, side-shore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 21 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
18kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
7°C

Thu 5 · 49 out of 100

Wind
E 13 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
6°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 5 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 4 knF2
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
6°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 1 knF0
Gusts
8kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
5°C

Tue 10 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 1 knF0
Gusts
6kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
4°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 317, poor
  2. Wed 421, poor
  3. Thu 574, good
  4. Fri 60, poor
  5. Sat 70, poor
  6. Sun 80, poor
  7. Mon 90, poor
  8. Tue 100, poor
  9. Wed 1148, fair
  10. Thu 1240, poor

The spot in four facts

  • Faces Nopen to the N
  • Best wind: E or Walong the shore
  • Avoid: Sblows out to sea
  • Best Feb–Mar, Oct4 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 St Mary's Loch Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Tue 3Nov17, poorwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF319knside–7°C
Wed 4Nov21, poorwind from the east, 9 knotsF318kncross-off–7°C
Thu 5Nov74, goodwind from the east, 13 knotsF425knside–7°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knotsF210knside–6°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 5 knotsF29knside–6°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 4 knotsF28knside-on–6°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north, 1 knotF08knon–5°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 1 knotF06knside-on–4°C
Wed 11Nov48, fairwind from the north, 11 knotsF422knon–1°C
Thu 12Nov40, poorwind from the north-north-west, 9 knotsF323knon–0°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

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, Oct

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

  1. Jan3of 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. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul3of 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. Nov2of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec3of 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 St Mary's Loch Sailing Club

St Mary's Loch Sailing Club
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sailing Club, St Mary's Loch
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sailing Club on St Mary's Loch
Photo: Adam D Hope, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About St Mary's Loch Sailing Club

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).

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. 1 sailing school or club within 10 km. For sailing at expert level the best months are usually February, March and October, with about 4 good days in 7; in November, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Innerleithen.

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 EDI, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$423–US$886
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: Innerleithen

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Closest

Innerleithen

about 35 min by car · 17 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 17 places to stay in Innerleithen · Booking.com

About Innerleithen 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 13h 10m

About 13h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → EDI, direct, then 1h 15m by road

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