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Karpathos Lefkos
Windsurf spot · Greece
Is it worth the trip?
59Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: 19 kn gusting 27, side-shore, Water: chop
Mon 2 · 72 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 14 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 20°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 14 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 22°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- WNW 15 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 20°C
Thu 5 · 100 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 19 kn
- Gusts
- 27kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 19°C
Fri 6 · 50 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 21 kn
- Gusts
- 30kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 17°C
Sat 7 · 21 out of 100
- Wind
- NW 26 kn
- Gusts
- 35kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.1 mwaves
- Air
- 17°C
Sun 8 · 72 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 23 kn
- Gusts
- 35kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 15°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 124, poor
- Mon 272, good
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 5100, good
- Fri 650, fair
- Sat 721, poor
- Sun 884, good
- Mon 999, good
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces Eopen to the E
- Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
- Avoid: Wblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 21 °C2 mm shorty
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 | 24, poor | wind from the south, 10 knots | 15kn | side | flat | 20°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 72, good | wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots | 21kn | side | chop | 20°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 14 knots | 22kn | cross-off | chop | 22°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots | 21kn | offnot safe | chop | 20°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 100, good | wind from the north-north-west, 19 knots | 27kn | side | chop | 19°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 50, fair | wind from the north-north-west, 21 knots | 30kn | side | 1.0 mwaves | 17°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 21, poor | wind from the north-west, 26 knots | 35kn | side | 1.1 mwaves | 17°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 84, good | wind from the north-north-west, 23 knots | 35kn | side | 1.0 mwaves | 15°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 99, good | wind from the north-west, 18 knots | 26kn | side | chop | 16°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 2 knots | 14kn | side | flat | 18°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 02:48 +0.1 mLow 11:02 −0.0 mHigh 17:39 +0.0 mLow 22:03 +0.0 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 04:43 +0.1 mLow 12:22 −0.0 mHigh 18:57 +0.1 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 00:18 +0.0 mHigh 06:13 +0.1 mLow 13:11 −0.1 mHigh 19:37 +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.
Best time to go
No month stands out
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
- Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct1of 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.
Map
the spot and its town
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More windsurf near here
2 places
- Karpathos Pigadia 10.9 km away
- Afiartis 19.2 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Karpathos Lefkos
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces E, so wind from the W blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. 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 E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N 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 6). The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Pigadia. Within 5 km we also list 2 climbing areas.
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$1,090–US$2,120 each
about US$1,090–US$2,120 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to AOK, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$603–US$1,250 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$40–US$74 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$208–US$348 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$234–US$442 |
| Total | about US$1,090–US$2,120 |
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: Pigadia
20 min by car · 80 places to stay
about US$80/nightcountry average
About Pigadia its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$80 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 20h 05m
About 20h 05m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → AOK, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 40 min by road
Flights ORD → AOK on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.