Crete Agios Nikolaos
Windsurf spot · Greece
Is it worth the trip?
11Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sat 7: 15 kn gusting 36, side-shore, Water: waves 0.9 m
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- S 8 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 21°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 6 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 22°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 3 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 21°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 10 kn
- Gusts
- 23kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 17°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 14 kn
- Gusts
- 31kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- 0.8 mwaves
- Air
- 15°C
Sat 7 · 33 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 15 kn
- Gusts
- 36kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 0.9 mwaves
- Air
- 15°C
Sun 8 · 23 out of 100
- Wind
- NNW 11 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 16°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 128, poor
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 733, poor
- Sun 835, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
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 22 °C2 mm shorty
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 28, poor | wind from the south, 11 knots | 24kn | side | flat | 21°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 8 knots | 17kn | cross-off | flat | 21°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots | 16kn | side | flat | 22°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 3 knots | 6kn | offnot safe | flat | 21°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 10 knots | 23kn | cross-off | chop | 17°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 14 knots | 31kn | cross-off | 0.8 mwaves | 15°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 33, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 15 knots | 36kn | side | 0.9 mwaves | 15°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 35, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 11 knots | 25kn | side | chop | 16°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots | 11kn | offnot safe | chop | 17°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 5 knots | 9kn | offnot safe | flat | 20°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
- May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun0of 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
- Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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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
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Crete Agios Nikolaos
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 22°C: 2 mm shorty. 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). The sea is about 17°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Agios Nikolaos. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf 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$1,160–US$2,240 each
about US$1,160–US$2,240 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to HER, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$596–US$1,240 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$121–US$208 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$208–US$348 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$234–US$442 |
| Total | about US$1,160–US$2,240 |
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: Agios Nikolaos
1 min by car · 84 places to stay
about US$80/nightcountry average
About Agios Nikolaos its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$80 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 20h 25m
About 20h 25m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → HER, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 15m by road
Flights ORD → HER on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
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