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Wellington Ocean Sports Centre. Photo: Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Wellington Ocean Sports Centre

Sailing spot · New Zealand

Is it worth the trip?

59Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Thu 5: 8 kn gusting 10, side-onshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 11 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

Wind
NNW 10 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 100 out of 100

Wind
NNW 8 knF3
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
18°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 17 knF5
Gusts
23kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 99 out of 100

Wind
NNW 10 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
18°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 14 knF4
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 11 knF4
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
18°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 329, poor
  3. Wed 499, good
  4. Thu 5100, good
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 799, good
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 972, good
  9. Tue 1092, good
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 15 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

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 Wellington Ocean Sports Centre
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 20 knotsF527knsidechop15°C
Tue 3Nov29, poorwind from the north-north-west, 11 knotsF417knside-onchop16°C
Wed 4Nov99, goodwind from the north-north-west, 10 knotsF312knsidechop17°C
Thu 5Nov100, goodwind from the north-north-west, 8 knotsF310knside-onchop18°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north, 17 knotsF523knside-onchop17°C
Sat 7Nov99, goodwind from the north-north-west, 10 knotsF312knside-onflat18°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 14 knotsF419knside-onchop17°C
Mon 9Nov72, goodwind from the north-north-west, 11 knotsF418knside-onflat18°C
Tue 10Nov92, goodwind from the north-north-west, 9 knotsF316knside-onchop17°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 13 knotsF421knsidechop15°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 NovLow 05:11 −0.6 mHigh 11:30 +0.7 mLow 17:51 −0.6 mHigh 23:57 +0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 06:06 −0.6 mHigh 12:24 +0.7 mLow 18:44 −0.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 00:50 +0.5 mLow 07:00 −0.6 mHigh 13:18 +0.6 mLow 19:36 −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.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

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Photos of Wellington Ocean Sports Centre

Oriental Bay
Photo: Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Copthorne Oriental Bay
Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Boat Sheds at Oriental Bay in Wellington, New Zealand
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

More sailing near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Wellington Ocean Sports Centre

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 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. 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 gently: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 40). The sea is about 13°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in January, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Wellington. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 1 kayak spot.

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$1,510–US$2,910 each

about US$1,510–US$2,910 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 MDW to WLG, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$844–US$1,750
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$563
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Totalabout US$1,510–US$2,910

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: Wellington

Closest

Wellington

9 min by car · 2 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Wellington · Booking.com

About Wellington its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 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 29h 05m

About 29h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → WLG, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 25 min by road

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