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Ritterhude, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: © Ra Boe / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons

Wassersportverein Blumenthal e.V.

Sailing spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

25Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 9 kn gusting 18, side-onshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 30 out of 100

Wind
NNW 8 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 41 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 knF2
Gusts
11kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 24 out of 100

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

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 7 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 30 out of 100

Wind
SSW 7 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
8°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 230, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 461, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 624, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 830, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six 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
  • 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 Wassersportverein Blumenthal e.V.
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 3 knotsF17kncross-offflat10°C
Mon 2Nov30, poorwind from the north-north-west, 8 knotsF315knside-onchop12°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east, 4 knotsF29knsideflat9°C
Wed 4Nov61, goodwind from the east, 9 knotsF318knside-onflat9°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knotsF211knside-onflat9°C
Fri 6Nov24, poorwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF315knside-onflat6°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 7 knotsF315knsideflat6°C
Sun 8Nov30, poorwind from the south-south-west, 7 knotsF314knoffnot safeflat8°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 6 knotsF212knoffnot safeflat9°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 0 knotsF010kncross-offflat7°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 04:07 +1.7 mLow 10:29 −1.6 mHigh 16:42 +1.4 mLow 22:50 −1.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:05 +1.5 mLow 11:34 −1.4 mHigh 17:46 +1.2 mLow 23:57 −1.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:13 +1.4 mLow 12:51 −1.3 mHigh 18:59 +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

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. Aug2of 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. 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 and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Wassersportverein Blumenthal e.V.

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 is about 5°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually February, March and October, with about 4 good days in 7; in August, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ritterhude.

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$1,080–US$2,050 each

about US$1,080–US$2,050 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 BRE, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$469–US$978
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,050

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: Ritterhude

Closest

Ritterhude

22 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Ritterhude · Booking.com

About Ritterhude 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 05m

About 17h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BRE, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 40 min by road

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