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Ritterhude, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: © Ra Boe / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons

Wassersportverein LUV

Sailing spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

10Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 9 kn gusting 18, cross-offshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 1 knF0
Gusts
5kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 4 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
9°C

Wed 4 · 32 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 knF2
Gusts
11kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 16 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
6°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 6 knF2
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 6 knF2
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
9°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 443, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 616, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in three facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Wassersportverein LUV
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 3 knotsF16knside–10°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the west, 1 knotF05knside-on–12°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east, 4 knotsF29kncross-off–9°C
Wed 4Nov43, poorwind from the east, 9 knotsF318kncross-off–9°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knotsF211kncross-off–9°C
Fri 6Nov16, poorwind from the east-north-east, 7 knotsF315knoffnot safe–6°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 6 knotsF215knside–6°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south, 6 knotsF212knside-on–9°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 6 knotsF212knside-on–9°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 1 knotF011knside–7°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

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. 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. Jun2of 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. Dec4of 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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More sailing near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Wassersportverein LUV

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

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. The town to stay in is Ritterhude. Within 5 km we also list 2 kayak 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 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$33–US$54
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: Ritterhude

Closest

Ritterhude

6 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 16h 55m

About 16h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BRE, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 35 min by road

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