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Sylt 25.08.2013 18-49-18
Sylter Catamaran Club. Photo: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sylter Catamaran Club

Sailing spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: 12 kn gusting 16, side-onshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 17 knF5
Gusts
22kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Tue 3 · 96 out of 100

Wind
ENE 12 knF4
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 knF3
Gusts
13kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 4 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 88 out of 100

Wind
ESE 10 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Sat 7 · 59 out of 100

Wind
SE 8 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Wind
SSW 11 knF4
Gusts
15kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 193, good
  2. Mon 296, good
  3. Tue 396, good
  4. Wed 479, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 688, good
  7. Sat 753, fair
  8. Sun 880, good
  9. Mon 950, fair
  10. Tue 1063, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

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 Sylter Catamaran Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov93, goodwind from the south-west, 13 knotsF418kncross-offflat11°C
Mon 2Nov96, goodwind from the north-north-east, 17 knotsF522knsidechop11°C
Tue 3Nov96, goodwind from the east-north-east, 12 knotsF416knside-onchop11°C
Wed 4Nov79, goodwind from the east-north-east, 10 knotsF313knonflat10°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 4 knotsF29knside-onflat7°C
Fri 6Nov88, goodwind from the east-south-east, 10 knotsF315knonflat10°C
Sat 7Nov53, fairwind from the south-east, 8 knotsF315knside-onflat6°C
Sun 8Nov80, goodwind from the south-south-west, 11 knotsF415kncross-offflat10°C
Mon 9Nov50, fairwind from the south-west, 8 knotsF314knoffnot safeflat10°C
Tue 10Nov63, goodwind from the west, 12 knotsF419knoffnot safechop10°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 04:13 +1.1 mLow 11:15 −1.2 mHigh 16:50 +0.8 mLow 23:36 −0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:08 +1.0 mLow 12:17 −1.1 mHigh 17:53 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:37 −0.8 mHigh 06:13 +0.9 mLow 13:23 −1.0 mHigh 19:14 +0.6 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. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 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 Sylter Catamaran Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces E, so wind from the W 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 E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea is about 4°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Hörnum (Sylt). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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$1,070–US$2,020 each

about US$1,070–US$2,020 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 GWT, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$67
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,070–US$2,020

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: Hörnum (Sylt)

Closest

Hörnum (Sylt)

1 min by car · 116 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 116 places to stay in Hörnum (Sylt) · Booking.com

About Hörnum (Sylt) 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 50m

About 17h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → GWT, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 40 min by road

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