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Moana, the nearest town. Photo: Shav Bird, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Moana

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

32Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 32 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 17 °C3/2 wetsuit
  • Best Jul–Aug3 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual windsurf conditions at Moana, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallySW 9 kn17°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best Jul–Aug

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. Apr1of 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. Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 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

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More windsurf near here

4 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Moana

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).

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. 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 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. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 30). The sea is about 13°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 22°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually July and August, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Moana. Within 5 km we also list 10 surf spots and 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$1,730–US$3,340 each

about US$1,730–US$3,340 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 MDW to ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$67–US$107
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,730–US$3,340

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: Moana

Closest

Moana

1 min by car · 9 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 9 places to stay in Moana · Booking.com

About Moana its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 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 29h 10m

About 29h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 50 min by road

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

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