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Cocoa Beach

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
E 14 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 13 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
25°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
25°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
25°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 1098, good

The spot in four facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Best in Jan3 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 Cocoa Beach
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east, 16 knots22knoffnot safe–26°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the east, 14 knots18knoffnot safe–26°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east, 13 knots16knoffnot safe–26°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots14knoffnot safe–25°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 5 knots9knside-on–25°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west, 5 knots9knon–27°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 9 knots13knside-on–25°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots9knside–25°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 6 knots10knside-on–24°C
Tue 10Nov98, goodwind from the north-west, 13 knots23knside-on–17°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 in Jan

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

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 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. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 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 its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Cocoa Beach

Cocoa Beach, United States (Unsplash)
Photo: Annie Spratt anniespratt, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Illuminated Cocoa Beach carnival ride (Unsplash)
Photo: Paulo Carrolo pecarrolo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Bad Boys - Cocoa Beach, FL - panoramio
Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Cocoa 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 intermediate level the best month is usually January, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Cocoa Beach.

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$978–US$1,770 each

about US$978–US$1,770 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 MDW to MCO, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$181–US$375
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$978–US$1,770

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: Cocoa Beach

Closest

Cocoa Beach

4 min by car · 44 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 44 places to stay in Cocoa Beach · Booking.com

About Cocoa Beach 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 6h

About 6h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MCO, direct, then 1h 30m by road

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