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Newton Ferrers beyond Newton Creek
Near Yealm Yacht Club. Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Yealm Yacht Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

42Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: 13 kn gusting 18, offshore, Water: waves 1.5 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Wind
NE 13 knF4
Gusts
18kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.5 mwaves
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 17 knF5
Gusts
24kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
2.0 mwaves
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 44 out of 100

Wind
ENE 16 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.6 mwaves
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 79 out of 100

Wind
NE 11 knF4
Gusts
16kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 4 knF2
Gusts
8kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 18 knF5
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
1.8 mwaves
Air
13°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 289, good
  2. Tue 389, good
  3. Wed 491, good
  4. Thu 590, good
  5. Fri 679, good
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 997, good
  9. Tue 1096, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 14 °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 Yealm Yacht Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov89, goodwind from the north-east, 11 knotsF416knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves12°C
Tue 3Nov89, goodwind from the north-east, 13 knotsF418knoffnot safe1.5 mwaves12°C
Wed 4Nov91, goodwind from the east-north-east, 17 knotsF524kncross-off2.0 mwaves10°C
Thu 5Nov90, goodwind from the east-north-east, 16 knotsF422kncross-off1.6 mwaves10°C
Fri 6Nov79, goodwind from the north-east, 11 knotsF416knoffnot safechop11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knotsF29knoffnot safeflat11°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east, 4 knotsF28kncross-offflat11°C
Mon 9Nov97, goodwind from the east, 18 knotsF524knside1.8 mwaves13°C
Tue 10Nov96, goodwind from the east, 13 knotsF417knside1.5 mwaves15°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 04:35 −1.4 mHigh 10:34 +1.4 mLow 17:21 −1.5 mHigh 23:38 +1.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 05:48 −1.3 mHigh 12:16 +1.3 mLow 18:36 −1.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 01:26 +1.0 mLow 07:03 −1.3 mHigh 13:52 +1.4 mLow 19:47 −1.6 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. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 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. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 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, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Yealm Yacht Club

Pontoon in River Yealm
Near Yealm Yacht Club. Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Yealm Yacht Club

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

Water about 14°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 S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). The sea is about 10°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in July, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Plymouth. 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$1,170–US$2,180 each

about US$1,170–US$2,180 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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 NQY, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$435–US$898
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,170–US$2,180

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: Plymouth

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Closest

Plymouth

about 20 min by car · 141 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 141 places to stay in Plymouth · Booking.com

About Plymouth its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 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 → NQY, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 20m by road

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