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Megisti Islets
Megísti, the nearest town. Photo: Ellogon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ιστιοπλοϊκός Όμιλος Καστελλορίζου

Sailing spot · Türkiye

Is it worth the trip?

40Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 12 kn gusting 17, offshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 88 out of 100

Wind
ESE 11 knF4
Gusts
16kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
20°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 4 knF2
Gusts
8kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 93 out of 100

Wind
W 12 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
21°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 4 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
19°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 0 knF0
Gusts
5kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
18°C

Sat 7 · 22 out of 100

Wind
W 8 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
18°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 5 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
15°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 128, poor
  2. Mon 288, good
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 493, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 722, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 23 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best in Mar3 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Ιστιοπλοϊκός Όμιλος Καστελλορίζου
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov28, poorwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF314knonflat18°C
Mon 2Nov88, goodwind from the east-south-east, 11 knotsF416knonchop20°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east, 4 knotsF28knonflat19°C
Wed 4Nov93, goodwind from the west, 12 knotsF417knoffnot safechop21°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west, 4 knotsF210knoffnot safechop19°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west, 0 knotsF05knoffnot safeflat18°C
Sat 7Nov22, poorwind from the west, 8 knotsF312knoffnot safechop18°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 5 knotsF29knside-onchop15°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 0 knotsF08knside-onflat16°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 1 knotF05knside-onflat16°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 01:52 +0.1 mLow 08:55 −0.1 mHigh 15:49 +0.0 mLow 20:26 +0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:35 +0.1 mLow 10:56 −0.0 mHigh 17:43 +0.0 mLow 23:15 +0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:30 +0.1 mLow 12:26 −0.1 mHigh 18:50 +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 in Mar

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

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 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 Ιστιοπλοϊκός Όμιλος Καστελλορίζου

Known for sailing, 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 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, 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 16). The sea is about 18°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For sailing at intermediate level the best month is usually March, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Megísti. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

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$958–US$1,880 each

about US$958–US$1,880 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 DLM, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$603–US$1,250
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Food7 days eating outabout US$154–US$281
Totalabout US$958–US$1,880

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: Megísti

Closest

Megísti

1 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Megísti · Booking.com

About Megísti 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 21h 30m

About 21h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DLM, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 2h by road

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

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