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Myponga, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: noah.odonoghue, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Myponga

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

25Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Fri 6: 12 kn gusting 25, side-onshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
20°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
WSW 12 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 66 out of 100

Wind
WNW 12 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
18°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 135, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 494, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 695, good
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 1084, good

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 Myponga
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov35, poorwind from the north-north-west, 11 knots23knon–19°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 10 knots22knoffnot safe–20°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the west, 2 knots8knside-on–19°C
Wed 4Nov94, goodwind from the west-south-west, 12 knots25knside-on–17°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west, 5 knots11knside-on–15°C
Fri 6Nov95, goodwind from the west-north-west, 12 knots25knside-on–17°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 10 knots23knoffnot safe–12°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots21kncross-off–18°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 8 knots17knside–24°C
Tue 10Nov84, goodwind from the west, 14 knots25knside-on–16°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. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 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. 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. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 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 Myponga

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 Myponga.

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: Myponga

Closest

Myponga

2 min by car

about US$134/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Myponga · Booking.com

About Myponga 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 29h 30m

About 29h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 1h 10m by road

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