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Tromsø. Photo: Mark Ledingham, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tromsø

Windsurf spot · Norway

Is it worth the trip?

3Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: not enough of the right wind, 10 kn gusting 30, side-shore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 3 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
1°C

Wed 4 · 14 out of 100

Wind
SW 10 kn
Gusts
30kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
5°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 7 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
1°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 6 kn
Gusts
32kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
4°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 8 kn
Gusts
30kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
2°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 7 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
3°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 8 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
4°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 211, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 414, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor
  9. Tue 1058, fair
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in four facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Tromsø
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov11, poorwind from the south-south-west, 10 knots29knside–2°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the west, 3 knots14knoffnot safe–1°C
Wed 4Nov14, poorwind from the south-west, 10 knots30knside–5°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 7 knots22knoffnot safe–1°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots32kncross-off–4°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 8 knots30knoffnot safe–2°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south, 7 knots25knside-on–3°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south, 8 knots25knside-on–4°C
Tue 10Nov58, fairwind from the south-south-west, 12 knots32knside–5°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 7 knots28knside–3°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

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.

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 Tromsø

Hansjordnesbukta Tromsø
Hansjordnesbukta. Photo: Harald Groven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tromsø

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).

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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). The town to stay in is Tromsø. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports 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$1,190–US$2,230 each

about US$1,190–US$2,230 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 TOS, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$442–US$918
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$569
Food7 days eating outabout US$382–US$710
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,230

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: Tromsø

Closest

Tromsø

about 5 min by car · 52 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 52 places to stay in Tromsø · Booking.com

About Tromsø 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 25m

About 18h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → TOS, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 25 min by road

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