Association Calédonienne de Planche et de Voile
Windsurf spot · New Caledonia
Is it worth the trip?
22Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: 10 kn gusting 14, side-onshore, Water: chop
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- W 3 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.4 mwaves
- Air
- 24°C
Tue 3 · 22 out of 100
- Wind
- WSW 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 24°C
Wed 4 · 31 out of 100
- Wind
- S 10 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 24°C
Thu 5 · 32 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 10 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 3 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Shore
- on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Sun 8 · 25 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 3 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 25°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 180, good
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 422, poor
- Thu 524, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 10100, 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 25 °Cno wetsuit
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 80, good | wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots | 18kn | side | 2.0 mwaves | 25°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west, 3 knots | 5kn | side | 1.4 mwaves | 24°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 1 knot | 5kn | side | 1.0 mwaves | 24°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 22, poor | wind from the south, 10 knots | 14kn | on | chop | 24°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 24, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots | 14kn | side-on | chop | 25°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots | 7kn | on | chop | 25°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 1 knot | 5kn | side | chop | 25°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 3 knots | 12kn | side-on | 1.0 mwaves | 25°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west, 2 knots | 6kn | side | 0.9 mwaves | 25°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 100, good | wind from the south-east, 12 knots | 16kn | side-on | 1.4 mwaves | 25°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 98, good | wind from the south-east, 14 knots | 18kn | side-on | 1.7 mwaves | 24°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
- Sun 1 NovLow 05:39 −0.6 mHigh 12:43 +0.5 mLow 19:02 −0.2 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 00:07 +0.2 mLow 06:41 −0.5 mHigh 13:51 +0.5 mLow 20:23 −0.2 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 01:33 +0.1 mLow 07:55 −0.4 mHigh 15:01 +0.5 mLow 21:39 −0.2 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 windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov3of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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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
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More windsurf near here
1 place
- Noumea 4.6 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Association Calédonienne de Planche et de Voile
Known for sailing and windsurfing, 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 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for sailing and windsurfing, 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 gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 56). The sea is about 23°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Nouméa. Within 5 km we also list 2 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$1,330–US$2,610 each
about US$1,330–US$2,610 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return MDW to NOU, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$811–US$1,690 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$100–US$174 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$201–US$328 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$221–US$415 |
| Total | about US$1,330–US$2,610 |
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: Nouméa
7 min by car · 13 places to stay
About Nouméa its beds, food and every spot near it
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 31h 10m
About 31h 10m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → NOU, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 1h by road
Flights MDW → NOU on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.