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Victor Harbor, the nearest town. Photo: Dan Stark dan_stark, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Royal Victor Harbor Yacht Club

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

31Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 18 kn gusting 35, side-shore, Water: waves 0.9 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 33 out of 100

Wind
SSW 13 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
18°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
18°C

Wed 4 · 66 out of 100

Wind
SW 18 kn
Gusts
35kn
Shore
side
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
18°C

Fri 6 · 33 out of 100

Wind
SW 13 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 21 out of 100

Wind
S 11 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
13°C

Sun 8 · 14 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
16°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 233, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 466, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 649, fair
  7. Sat 721, poor
  8. Sun 821, poor
  9. Mon 9100, good
  10. Tue 100, 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 17 °C3/2 wetsuit

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 Royal Victor Harbor Yacht Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots12knsidechop22°C
Mon 2Nov33, poorwind from the south-south-west, 13 knots27knside0.8 mwaves18°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots10knsidechop18°C
Wed 4Nov66, goodwind from the south-west, 18 knots35knside0.9 mwaves17°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots13kncross-off0.8 mwaves18°C
Fri 6Nov49, fairwind from the south-west, 13 knots25knside0.9 mwaves20°C
Sat 7Nov21, poorwind from the south, 11 knots25knside-on1.0 mwaves13°C
Sun 8Nov21, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots22knside-on0.9 mwaves16°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodwind from the north-east, 12 knots24knsidechop26°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the west, 9 knots20knoffnot safechop19°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 NovHigh 05:16 +0.5 mLow 10:29 +0.1 mHigh 12:12 +0.2 mLow 21:07 −0.4 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 06:02 +0.4 mLow 10:40 +0.2 mHigh 12:47 +0.2 mLow 21:30 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 07:16 +0.2 mLow 11:01 +0.2 mHigh 13:17 +0.2 mLow 21:34 −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).

  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. Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 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. 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 Royal Victor Harbor Yacht Club

Known for kitesurfing, sailing 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 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing, sailing 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 very gently: 10 m deep about 1.9 km out (1 in 192). The sea is about 14°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Victor Harbor. Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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: Victor Harbor

Closest

Victor Harbor

1 min by car · 34 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 34 places to stay in Victor Harbor · Booking.com

About Victor Harbor 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 50m

About 29h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 1h 30m by road

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