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Provincetown. Photo: Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Provincetown

Windsurf spot · United States

Is it worth the trip?

31Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 18 kn gusting 23, side-shore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
15°C

Wed 4 · 83 out of 100

Wind
SSW 18 kn
Gusts
23kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 50 out of 100

Wind
SSW 15 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 26 out of 100

Wind
SSW 15 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
15°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 13 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 260, good
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 483, good
  4. Thu 550, fair
  5. Fri 626, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor
  9. Tue 1029, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 11 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

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 Provincetown
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov60, goodwind from the south-west, 16 knots20knsidechop15°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots13kncross-offflat15°C
Wed 4Nov83, goodwind from the south-south-west, 18 knots23knsideflat16°C
Thu 5Nov50, fairwind from the south-south-west, 15 knots20knsidechop16°C
Fri 6Nov26, poorwind from the south-south-west, 15 knots18knsideflat16°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 9 knots17knsideflat15°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 13 knots20knoffnot safechop10°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north, 6 knots13kncross-offflat10°C
Tue 10Nov29, poorwind from the east, 15 knots21knside-onchop12°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 04:55 +1.3 mLow 10:54 −1.2 mHigh 17:14 +1.5 mLow 23:36 −1.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:59 +1.3 mLow 12:02 −1.3 mHigh 18:21 +1.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:38 −1.4 mHigh 06:59 +1.4 mLow 13:06 −1.4 mHigh 19:25 +1.4 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).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 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 Tue 3 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, 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 Provincetown

Provincetown Beach, Massachusetts (493670)
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Provincetown Beach
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Provincetown, MA, USA - panoramio (4)
Photo: bynyalcin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Provincetown

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 11°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. 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 SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 950 m out (1 in 95). The sea is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Provincetown.

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$918–US$1,660 each

about US$918–US$1,660 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 HYA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$174–US$362
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$100–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$918–US$1,660

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: Provincetown

Closest

Provincetown

about 5 min by car · 124 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 124 places to stay in Provincetown · Booking.com

About Provincetown its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 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 5h 35m

About 5h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HYA, direct, then 1h 05m by road

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