Margaret River
Windsurf spot · Australia
Is it worth the trip?
48Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sun 8: 12 kn gusting 27, side-shore, Water: waves 1.3 m
Mon 2 · 58 out of 100
- Wind
- WNW 12 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 2.8 mwaves
- Air
- 18°C
Tue 3 · 15 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 11 kn
- Gusts
- 23kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 2.7 mwaves
- Air
- 17°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- 3.0 mwaves
- Air
- 18°C
Thu 5 · 12 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 10 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 2.8 mwaves
- Air
- 19°C
Fri 6 · 59 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 13 kn
- Gusts
- 29kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 2.6 mwaves
- Air
- 21°C
Sat 7 · 50 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 12 kn
- Gusts
- 26kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.8 mwaves
- Air
- 21°C
Sun 8 · 67 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 11 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.3 mwaves
- Air
- 19°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, poor
- Mon 271, good
- Tue 323, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 519, poor
- Fri 659, fair
- Sat 775, good
- Sun 870, good
- Mon 956, fair
- Tue 1030, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces Wopen to the W
- Best wind: N or Salong the shore
- Avoid: Eblows out to sea
- Open seato the swell
- Water 19 °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 | 0, poor | wind from the west, 6 knots | 14kn | on | 3.0 mwaves | 17°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 71, good | wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots | 25kn | side-on | 2.8 mwaves | 18°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 23, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 11 knots | 23kn | side-on | 2.7 mwaves | 17°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-east, 3 knots | 10kn | offnot safe | 3.0 mwaves | 18°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 19, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots | 24kn | side-on | 2.8 mwaves | 19°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 59, fair | wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots | 29kn | side | 2.6 mwaves | 21°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 75, good | wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots | 26kn | side | 1.8 mwaves | 21°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 70, good | wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots | 24kn | side | 1.3 mwaves | 19°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 56, fair | wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots | 33kn | side | 3.1 mwaves | 17°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 30, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots | 27kn | side | 2.5 mwaves | 20°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 00:29 +0.3 mLow 12:35 −0.4 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 01:15 +0.3 mLow 13:19 −0.3 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 00:06 +0.2 mLow 01:49 +0.2 mHigh 04:03 +0.2 mLow 13:52 −0.2 mHigh 21:57 +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).
- Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb3of 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
- Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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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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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Margaret River
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 19°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 moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). The sea is about 18°C in September, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 22°C in March, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Margaret River. Within 5 km we also list 10 surf spots.
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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to PER, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$1,070–US$2,230 |
| 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$1,900–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: Margaret River
13 min by car · 69 places to stay
about US$134/nightcountry average
About Margaret River 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 36h 25m
About 36h 25m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → PER, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 4h 30m by road
Flights ORD → PER on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.