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Strand bei S-Peter Ording Nationalpark Wattenmeer
Near St. Peter-Ording. Photo: Effuah, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

St. Peter-Ording

Windsurf spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

15Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: 14 kn gusting 19, side-onshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 10 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 11 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 12 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 74 out of 100

Wind
SW 13 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
9°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 334, poor
  4. Wed 426, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 681, good
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 895, good
  9. Mon 992, good
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves
  • Best Oct–Dec4 good days in 7

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 St. Peter-Ording
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south, 8 knots12knonflat11°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 10 knots12knoffnot safechop12°C
Tue 3Nov34, poorwind from the east-north-east, 11 knots14knsideflat10°C
Wed 4Nov26, poorwind from the east-north-east, 11 knots15knsideflat10°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knots10knside-onflat7°C
Fri 6Nov81, goodwind from the east, 12 knots17knside-onflat9°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 9 knots17knonflat6°C
Sun 8Nov95, goodwind from the south-west, 13 knots19knside-onchop9°C
Mon 9Nov92, goodwind from the south-west, 13 knots16knsideflat10°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 5 knots17knonchop10°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 04:17 +1.6 mLow 10:51 −1.6 mHigh 16:53 +1.3 mLow 23:13 −1.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:14 +1.4 mLow 11:53 −1.4 mHigh 17:57 +1.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:15 −1.2 mHigh 06:22 +1.3 mLow 13:03 −1.3 mHigh 19:14 +1.0 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

best Oct–Dec

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

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 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. Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 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 St. Peter-Ording

Am Strand von Sankt Peter-Ording im Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer 02
Near St. Peter-Ording, 1 km away. Photo: Naturliebhaberin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About St. Peter-Ording

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 9°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 is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually October, November and December, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Sankt Peter-Ording. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot 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$1,170–US$2,200 each

about US$1,170–US$2,200 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 GWT, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,170–US$2,200

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: Sankt Peter-Ording

Closest

Sankt Peter-Ording

4 min by car · 343 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 343 places to stay in Sankt Peter-Ording · Booking.com

About Sankt Peter-Ording its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → GWT, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 35m by road

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