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Glenelg Beach in summer
Adelaide Glenelg. Photo: eGuide Travel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adelaide Glenelg

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

40Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 40 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best Jul–Sep, Nov3 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual windsurf conditions at Adelaide Glenelg, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallySW 9 kn18°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best Jul–Sep, Nov

Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 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. May2of 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. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov3of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 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 how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Adelaide Glenelg

Glenelg Beach, Glenelg, Australia (Unsplash)
Photo: Mike Wilson mkwlsn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

More windsurf near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Adelaide Glenelg

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.9 km out (1 in 286). The sea is about 13°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 23°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually July, August, September and November, with about 3 good days in 7; in March and April, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Adelaide. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 5 wind sports 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$1,680–US$3,260 each

about US$1,680–US$3,260 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 ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,680–US$3,260

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: Adelaide

Closest

Adelaide

18 min by car · 137 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 137 places to stay in Adelaide · Booking.com

About Adelaide its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 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 28h 45m

About 28h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 25 min by road

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