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Coast at Lancelin, Western Australia, July 2020 02
Lancelin. Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lancelin

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

93Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: 16 kn gusting 21, side-onshore, Water: waves 1.9 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 93 out of 100

Wind
S 13 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side
Water
2.2 mwaves
Air
18°C

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

Wind
S 17 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side
Water
2.5 mwaves
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 87 out of 100

Wind
S 17 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
side
Water
2.7 mwaves
Air
19°C

Fri 6 · 92 out of 100

Wind
SSW 14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side-on
Water
2.3 mwaves
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 96 out of 100

Wind
SSW 16 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.9 mwaves
Air
19°C

Sun 8 · 95 out of 100

Wind
SSW 14 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side-on
Water
2.0 mwaves
Air
19°C

Mon 9 · 86 out of 100

Wind
SSE 18 kn
Gusts
26kn
Shore
side
Water
2.9 mwaves
Air
20°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 225, poor
  2. Tue 393, good
  3. Wed 489, good
  4. Thu 587, good
  5. Fri 692, good
  6. Sat 796, good
  7. Sun 895, good
  8. Mon 986, good
  9. Tue 1090, good
  10. Wed 1197, good

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 20 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best Nov–Jan5 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 Lancelin
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov25, poorwind from the west, 11 knots15knon2.1 mwaves19°C
Tue 3Nov93, goodwind from the south, 13 knots17knside2.2 mwaves18°C
Wed 4Nov89, goodwind from the south, 17 knots21knside2.5 mwaves19°C
Thu 5Nov87, goodwind from the south, 17 knots22knside2.7 mwaves19°C
Fri 6Nov92, goodwind from the south-south-west, 14 knots21knside-on2.3 mwaves19°C
Sat 7Nov96, goodwind from the south-south-west, 16 knots21knside-on1.9 mwaves19°C
Sun 8Nov95, goodwind from the south-south-west, 14 knots19knside-on2.0 mwaves19°C
Mon 9Nov86, goodwind from the south-south-east, 18 knots26knside2.9 mwaves20°C
Tue 10Nov90, goodwind from the south, 13 knots25knside2.5 mwaves21°C
Wed 11Nov97, goodwind from the south, 16 knots24knside1.8 mwaves19°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:36 +0.3 mLow 12:17 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:04 +0.2 mLow 12:51 −0.2 mHigh 22:15 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 01:12 +0.1 mHigh 05:02 +0.1 mLow 13:11 −0.1 mHigh 20:04 +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

best Nov–Jan

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

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 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 Lancelin

Lancelin beach, 2015 (01)
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lancelin

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).

Water about 20°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 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. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 500 m out (1 in 48). The sea is about 19°C in September, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in March, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually January, November and December, with about 5 good days in 7; in April, May and June, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Lancelin. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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$1,900–US$3,660 each

about US$1,900–US$3,660 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 ORD to PER, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$1,070–US$2,230
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,900–US$3,660

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: Lancelin

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Closest

Lancelin

about 5 min by car · 18 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 18 places to stay in Lancelin · Booking.com

About Lancelin 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 15m

About 34h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → PER, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 2h 20m by road

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