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Britannia Watersport Beach
Windsurf spot · Canada
Is it worth the trip?
0Poor out of 100 for your dates
Every day scores the same
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- WSW 4 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 17°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- –
- Air
- 11°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 4 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- –
- Air
- 18°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- S 7 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- –
- Air
- 17°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- WNW 3 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Shore
- on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 11°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- N 4 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 8°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 3 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- –
- Air
- 6°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 100, poor
The spot in three facts
- Faces Wopen to the W
- Best wind: N or Salong the shore
- Avoid: Eblows out to sea
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots | 6kn | side-on | – | 13°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots | 10kn | side-on | – | 17°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots | 6kn | offnot safe | – | 11°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots | 6kn | side | – | 18°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 7 knots | 13kn | cross-off | – | 17°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots | 6kn | on | – | 11°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north, 4 knots | 10kn | side-on | – | 8°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots | 8kn | side-on | – | 6°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 0 knots | 4kn | offnot safe | – | 8°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots | 11kn | cross-off | – | 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
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).
- Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- 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, its town, photos
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Britannia Watersport Beach
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. The town to stay in is Ottawa.
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$764–US$1,390 each
about US$764–US$1,390 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to YOW, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag | about US$154–US$315 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$27–US$47 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$275–US$456 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$308–US$576 |
| Total | about US$764–US$1,390 |
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: Ottawa
19 min by car · 102 places to stay
about US$100/nightcountry average
About Ottawa 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 6h
About 6h door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → YOW, direct, then 30 min by road
Flights ORD → YOW on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
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