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Sunset at Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR.
Brookings, the nearest town. Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Brookings

Windsurf spot · United States

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 0 kn
Gusts
4kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
15°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.3 mwaves
Air
15°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
15°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.5 mwaves
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
side
Water
1.7 mwaves
Air
17°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
15°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 1061, good

The spot in six facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 12 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves
  • Best Dec–Feb1 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 Brookings
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 4 knots9knoffnot safechop16°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 0 knots4knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves15°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 3 knots11knoffnot safe1.3 mwaves15°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 3 knots7knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves15°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots10knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves17°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 1 knot4knoffnot safe1.5 mwaves16°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west, 1 knot7knside1.7 mwaves17°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots9knside1.1 mwaves15°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots5knoffnot safe1.5 mwaves15°C
Tue 10Nov61, goodwind from the south, 19 knots40knside-on1.3 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

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 05:09 +0.6 mLow 10:13 −0.1 mHigh 15:52 +0.8 mLow 23:06 −1.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 06:10 +0.6 mLow 11:41 −0.3 mHigh 17:19 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:09 −1.1 mHigh 07:02 +0.7 mLow 13:00 −0.5 mHigh 18:46 +0.6 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

best Dec–Feb

Good windsurf 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. Mar0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 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 Brookings

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

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. 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 SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 39). The sea is about 10°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 13°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For windsurfing at expert level the best months are usually January, February and December, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Brookings. Within 5 km we also list 3 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$1,050–US$1,920 each

about US$1,050–US$1,920 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 EUG, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$255–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$1,050–US$1,920

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: Brookings

Closest

Brookings

1 min by car · 27 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 27 places to stay in Brookings · Booking.com

About Brookings its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 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 10h 55m

About 10h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → EUG, direct, then 4h 35m by road

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