Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club
Windsurf spot · Australia
Is it worth the trip?
41Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: 12 kn gusting 17, side-onshore
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 6 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- –
- Air
- 17°C
Tue 3 · 26 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 10 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 16°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 2 kn
- Gusts
- 3kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- –
- Air
- 16°C
Thu 5 · 96 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 12 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 16°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 2 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- –
- Air
- 16°C
Sat 7 · 89 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 16 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Shore
- on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 12°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 8 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 13°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 149, fair
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 326, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 596, good
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 789, good
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in four facts
- Faces Wopen to the W
- Best wind: N or Salong the shore
- Avoid: Eblows out to sea
- Best Jul, Sep3 good days in 7
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 | 49, fair | wind from the south, 17 knots | 23kn | side | – | 18°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 6 knots | 8kn | cross-off | – | 17°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 26, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots | 13kn | side-on | – | 16°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots | 3kn | cross-off | – | 16°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 96, good | wind from the south-south-west, 12 knots | 17kn | side-on | – | 16°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots | 7kn | cross-off | – | 16°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 89, good | wind from the south-west, 16 knots | 22kn | on | – | 12°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots | 17kn | side-on | – | 13°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots | 11kn | cross-off | – | 14°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots | 12kn | offnot safe | – | 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 Jul, Sep
Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- 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.
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the place in full, sources, credits
About Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club
Known for kitesurfing, sailing 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, sailing 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 months are usually July and September, with about 3 good days in 7; in January and March, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Paynesville.
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$1,760–US$3,380 each
about US$1,760–US$3,380 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 OOM, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$938–US$1,950 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$147–US$241 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$355–US$596 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$596 |
| Total | about US$1,760–US$3,380 |
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: Paynesville
2 min by car · 20 places to stay
about US$134/nightcountry average
About Paynesville 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 34h 35m
About 34h 35m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → OOM, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), then 3h 55m by road
Flights MDW → OOM on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.