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Aerial Hafen Gaienhofen
Gaienhofen, the nearest town. Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Yachtclub Gaienhofen e.V.

Sailing spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

21Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: 11 kn gusting 24, side-onshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 18 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 knF3
Gusts
20kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
7°C

Tue 3 · 46 out of 100

Wind
ENE 11 knF4
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
7°C

Wed 4 · 43 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 knF3
Gusts
20kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
8°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 4 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
8°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 1 knF0
Gusts
6kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
5°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 1 knF0
Gusts
5kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 2 knF1
Gusts
5kn
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 155, fair
  2. Mon 228, poor
  3. Tue 370, good
  4. Wed 448, fair
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in three facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea

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 Yachtclub Gaienhofen e.V.
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov55, fairwind from the north-east, 9 knotsF321knside–9°C
Mon 2Nov28, poorwind from the east-north-east, 9 knotsF320knside-on–7°C
Tue 3Nov70, goodwind from the east-north-east, 11 knotsF424knside-on–7°C
Wed 4Nov48, fairwind from the east-north-east, 9 knotsF320knside-on–8°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 4 knotsF210knside–8°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north, 1 knotF06kncross-off–5°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 1 knotF05knoffnot safe–11°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 2 knotsF15knside-on–9°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 1 knotF04knside–9°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 1 knotF07knside-on–14°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. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec1of 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 Yachtclub Gaienhofen e.V.

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

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. The town to stay in is Gaienhofen. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot, 6 dive sites 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$1,150–US$2,160 each

about US$1,150–US$2,160 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 ZRH, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,020
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$94–US$154
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,150–US$2,160

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: Gaienhofen

Closest

Gaienhofen

1 min by car · 63 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 63 places to stay in Gaienhofen · Booking.com

About Gaienhofen 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 14h 30m

About 14h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZRH, direct, then 1h by road

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