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Britannia Watersport Beach. Photo: Ross Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Britannia Watersport Beach

Windsurf spot · Canada

Is it worth the trip?

22Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Thu 5: 8 kn gusting 18, side-shore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 44 out of 100

Wind
SSW 5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 66 out of 100

Wind
SSW 8 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
18°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 0 kn
Gusts
3kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
13°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
6°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 0 kn
Gusts
4kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
8°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 271, good
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 455, fair
  4. Thu 599, good
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor
  9. Tue 100, poor
  10. Wed 1147, fair

The spot in four facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Best Jan, Mar, Jun, Nov4 good days in 7

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 Britannia Watersport Beach
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov71, goodwind from the south-south-west, 6 knots11knside–17°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots5knoffnot safe–11°C
Wed 4Nov55, fairwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots12knside–19°C
Thu 5Nov99, goodwind from the south-south-west, 8 knots17knside–18°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east, 0 knots3knoffnot safe–13°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots11kncross-off–10°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots8knside-on–6°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east, 0 knots4knoffnot safe–8°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots11kncross-off–10°C
Wed 11Nov47, fairwind from the north-north-east, 7 knots17knside–8°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

best Jan, Mar, Jun, Nov

Good windsurf 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. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 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. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec3of 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 Britannia Watersport Beach

Duck - Britannia Beach
Photo: Ross Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Britannia Watersport Beach

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).

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. For windsurfing at beginner level the best months are usually January, March, June and November, with about 4 good days in 7; in September, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ottawa.

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$764–US$1,390 each

about US$764–US$1,390 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 YOW, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$154–US$315
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$27–US$47
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$764–US$1,390

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: Ottawa

Closest

Ottawa

19 min by car · 102 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 102 places to stay in Ottawa · Booking.com

About Ottawa 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 6h

About 6h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YOW, direct, then 30 min by road

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