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(AUS-South Australia) Princes Highway, Meningie 2025-12-12
Meningie, the nearest town. Photo: S5A-0043, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Meningie

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

19Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 18 kn gusting 32, side-shore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 97 out of 100

Wind
SW 18 kn
Gusts
32kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
21°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 9 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 497, good
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor
  9. Tue 100, poor
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in three facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea

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 Meningie
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 11 knots20knoffnot safe–20°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 1 knot7kncross-off–20°C
Wed 4Nov97, goodwind from the south-west, 18 knots32knside–17°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 7 knots14knside–17°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west, 9 knots17knside-on–19°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 8 knots16knoffnot safe–16°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots20kncross-off–21°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 9 knots15knside–25°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south, 17 knots30knoffnot safe–19°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 10 knots20knoffnot safe–17°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

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).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec1of 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

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Meningie

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).

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. The town to stay in is Meningie.

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$1,810–US$3,470 each

about US$1,810–US$3,470 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 MDW to ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
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$1,810–US$3,470

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: Meningie

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Closest

Meningie

about 5 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Meningie · Booking.com

About Meningie 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 30h 35m

About 30h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 2h 15m by road

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