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Jamaica Montego Bay

Windsurf spot · Jamaica

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
SE 2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
26°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 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 29 °Cno wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Jamaica Montego Bay
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east, 6 knots17knoffnot safechop31°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 2 knots5knoffnot safeflat29°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south, 2 knots5kncross-offflat29°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 2 knots5knoffnot safeflat26°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south, 2 knots4kncross-offflat28°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 3 knots6knoffnot safeflat28°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 5 knots9knoffnot safeflat28°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 6 knots13knoffnot safeflat26°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south, 2 knots7kncross-offflat26°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots8knoffnot safeflat25°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 02:32 +0.1 mLow 08:23 −0.1 mHigh 15:24 +0.2 mLow 22:09 −0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:58 +0.1 mLow 09:43 −0.1 mHigh 16:20 +0.2 mLow 22:59 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:09 +0.1 mLow 10:57 −0.1 mHigh 17:11 +0.2 mLow 23:43 −0.1 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.

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 Jamaica Montego Bay

Montego bay 2026 down town
Photo: Goga504, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montego Bay - Ministry of Labour building - panoramio
Near Jamaica Montego Bay. Photo: andreyss, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montego Bay - Sam Sharpe (National Hero) Monument - panoramio
Near Jamaica Montego Bay. Photo: andreyss, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Jamaica Montego Bay

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

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. 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 NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). The sea is about 27°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Montego Bay. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

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$663–US$1,250 each

about US$663–US$1,250 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 MDW to MBJ, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$509
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Food7 days eating outabout US$208–US$389
Totalabout US$663–US$1,250

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: Montego Bay

Closest

Montego Bay

1 min by car · 44 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 44 places to stay in Montego Bay · Booking.com

About Montego Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 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 7h 55m

About 7h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MBJ, direct, then 25 min by road

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