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Paje beach at low tide
Paje, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Paje

Windsurf spot · United Republic of Tanzania

Is it worth the trip?

5Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 5 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 28 °Cno wetsuit
  • Best in Jun5 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual windsurf conditions at Paje, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyE 7 kn29°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best in Jun

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

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 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. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. 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

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More windsurf near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Paje

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 28°C: no wetsuit. 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 exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 4.5 km out (1 in 455). The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually June, with about 5 good days in 7; in November, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Paje. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 4 dive sites.

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$1,050–US$2,110 each

about US$1,050–US$2,110 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 ZNZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$844–US$1,760
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$40–US$67
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$80–US$127
Food7 days eating outabout US$87–US$161
Totalabout US$1,050–US$2,110

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: Paje

Closest

Paje

3 min by car · 62 places to stay

about US$27/nightcountry average

See 62 places to stay in Paje · Booking.com

About Paje its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$27 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 26h

About 26h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZNZ, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 55 min by road

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