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Lubmin, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ostsee Kiteschule

Kitesurf spot · Germany

Is it worth the trip?

9Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: 13 kn gusting 18, side-shore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
9°C

Tue 3 · 45 out of 100

Wind
NE 13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 8 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
6°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 345, fair
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves
  • Best Dec–Jan3 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Ostsee Kiteschule
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south, 4 knots8kncross-offflat10°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 7 knots10knsideflat9°C
Tue 3Nov45, fairwind from the north-east, 13 knots18knsideflat10°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots10kncross-offflat11°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots9knside-onflat8°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots9knside-onflat8°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south, 5 knots10knoffnot safeflat6°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots10knsideflat6°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 2 knots8knoffnot safeflat8°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 6 knots11knoffnot safeflat6°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 15:19 +0.1 mLow 23:52 −0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:45 −0.0 mLow 06:57 −0.0 mHigh 16:06 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:31 −0.0 mHigh 05:05 +0.0 mLow 08:09 −0.0 mHigh 16:48 +0.1 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

best Dec–Jan

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 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. Dec3of 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 Ostsee Kiteschule

Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 4.8 km out (1 in 476). The sea is about 3°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually January and December, with about 3 good days in 7; in May, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Lubmin.

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$2,220 each

about US$1,190–US$2,220 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 ORD to CPH, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$985
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,220

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: Lubmin

Closest

Lubmin

5 min by car · 45 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 45 places to stay in Lubmin · Booking.com

About Lubmin 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 16h 25m

About 16h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CPH, direct, then 3h 20m by road

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

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