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Tokeland, the nearest town. Photo: zak11527, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tokeland

Windsurf spot · United States

Is it worth the trip?

13Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 10 kn gusting 12, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
on
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
13°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
on
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
14°C

Wed 4 · 42 out of 100

Wind
ESE 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 6 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 15 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
12°C

Sat 7 · 23 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
on
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
13°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 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 948, fair
  10. Tue 1098, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows 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 Tokeland
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east, 8 knots13knonchop11°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots9knon0.8 mwaves13°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 7 knots10knon0.8 mwaves14°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots6knside-onchop12°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 6 knots8knside0.9 mwaves11°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 15 knots27kncross-off1.2 mwaves12°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots14knon1.2 mwaves14°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 3 knots7knside-on1.2 mwaves13°C
Mon 9Nov48, fairwind from the south, 12 knots15knside1.0 mwaves13°C
Tue 10Nov98, goodwind from the south-south-east, 14 knots21knside1.0 mwaves14°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 05:31 +0.7 mLow 10:47 −0.3 mHigh 16:32 +1.0 mLow 23:40 −1.5 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 06:37 +0.8 mLow 12:16 −0.4 mHigh 17:58 +0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:47 −1.3 mHigh 07:35 +0.9 mLow 13:36 −0.6 mHigh 19:26 +0.7 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. May0of 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. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 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 Tokeland

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 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 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 sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 100.0 km out (1 in 10000). The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 15°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). The town to stay in is Tokeland. Within 5 km we also list 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$1,050–US$1,910 each

about US$1,050–US$1,910 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 SEA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$516
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$1,050–US$1,910

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: Tokeland

Closest

Tokeland

1 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Tokeland · Booking.com

About Tokeland 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 9h

About 9h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SEA, direct, then 2h 55m by road

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