Havre-aux-Basques
Windsurf spot · Canada
Is it worth the trip?
29Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sat 7: 22 kn gusting 28, side-shore, Water: chop
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- W 20 kn
- Gusts
- 27kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 9°C
Tue 3 · 46 out of 100
- Wind
- N 12 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 5°C
Wed 4 · 26 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 11 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 7°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 12 kn
- Gusts
- 18kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 9°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 15 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 12°C
Sat 7 · 76 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 22 kn
- Gusts
- 28kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 12°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- S 23 kn
- Gusts
- 31kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 10°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 147, fair
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 346, fair
- Wed 426, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 776, good
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in six facts
- Faces NEopen to the NE
- Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
- Avoid: SWblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 7 °C5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves
- Best in May3 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 | 47, fair | wind from the west-north-west, 19 knots | 25kn | side | chop | 7°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west, 20 knots | 27kn | offnot safe | chop | 9°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 46, fair | wind from the north, 12 knots | 17kn | side-on | chop | 5°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 26, poor | wind from the south-east, 11 knots | 14kn | side | flat | 7°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots | 18kn | cross-off | chop | 9°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 15 knots | 20kn | offnot safe | chop | 12°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 76, good | wind from the south-south-east, 22 knots | 28kn | side | chop | 12°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 23 knots | 31kn | offnot safe | chop | 10°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots | 33kn | cross-off | chop | 7°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots | 13kn | offnot safe | flat | 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
Tide
- Sun 1 NovLow 07:23 −0.4 mHigh 16:23 +0.2 mLow 19:14 +0.2 mHigh 23:45 +0.2 m
- Mon 2 NovLow 08:33 −0.3 mHigh 17:10 +0.2 mLow 21:05 +0.1 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 01:28 +0.2 mLow 09:51 −0.3 mHigh 17:39 +0.1 mLow 22:34 +0.0 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 in May
Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep2of 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 spot and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Havre-aux-Basques
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 7°C: 5/4 or 6/5, hood, 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 NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 5.3 km out (1 in 526). The sea is about -1°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually May, with about 3 good days in 7; in July and August, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bassin. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Where to stay: Bassin
7 min by car · 4 places to stay
about US$100/nightcountry average
About Bassin 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.