Ringkøbing Surfklub
Windsurf spot · Denmark
Is it worth the trip?
0Poor out of 100 for your dates
Every day scores the same
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- N 11 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- 0.8 mwaves
- Air
- 11°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 8 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 9°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 4 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 7°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- W 5 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 12°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 6 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 10°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 5 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 7°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 2 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 7°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, poor
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 1088, good
The spot in five facts
- Faces SWopen to the SW
- Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
- Avoid: NEblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 10 °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.
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots | 11kn | side-on | chop | 13°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north, 11 knots | 21kn | offnot safe | 0.8 mwaves | 11°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots | 16kn | offnot safe | chop | 9°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots | 9kn | offnot safe | flat | 7°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west, 5 knots | 8kn | side-on | chop | 12°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots | 12kn | side | chop | 10°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots | 14kn | side-on | flat | 7°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots | 9kn | side-on | flat | 7°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots | 10kn | side-on | flat | 10°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 88, good | wind from the south-west, 14 knots | 27kn | on | chop | 10°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 NovLow 00:18 −0.3 mHigh 07:21 +0.4 mLow 13:11 −0.3 mHigh 20:06 +0.3 m
- Mon 2 NovLow 01:09 −0.2 mHigh 08:21 +0.4 mLow 14:27 −0.3 mHigh 21:10 +0.2 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 02:06 −0.2 mHigh 09:24 +0.4 mLow 15:58 −0.3 mHigh 22:14 +0.2 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
- Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr3of 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
- Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov3of 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 Ringkøbing Surfklub
Known for windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 10°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 10.0 km out (1 in 1000). The sea is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Ringkøbing. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 6 kayak 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$1,400–US$2,590 each
about US$1,400–US$2,590 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 BLL, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$462–US$965 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$201–US$335 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$348–US$576 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$389–US$717 |
| Total | about US$1,400–US$2,590 |
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: Ringkøbing
4 min by car · 15 places to stay
about US$127/nightcountry average
About Ringkøbing its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$127 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 18h 05m
About 18h 05m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → BLL, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 1h 30m by road
Flights ORD → BLL on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.