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Ferry Lastovo berthed in port Vis, Croatia, 2018.
Vis, the nearest town. Photo: Andrejpavicic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Vis

Windsurf spot · Croatia

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: 11 kn gusting 17, side-shore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 95 out of 100

Wind
N 8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Wed 4 · 45 out of 100

Wind
NE 7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 49 out of 100

Wind
NW 7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 39 out of 100

Wind
E 6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 99 out of 100

Wind
ESE 11 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
17°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 2 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Mon 9 · 82 out of 100

Wind
ESE 11 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
16°C

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Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 395, good
  3. Wed 445, fair
  4. Thu 549, fair
  5. Fri 639, poor
  6. Sat 799, good
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 999, good
  9. Tue 1078, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 20 °C2 mm shorty

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 Vis
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 16 knots22knonchop18°C
Tue 3Nov95, goodwind from the north, 8 knots11knside-onchop16°C
Wed 4Nov45, fairwind from the north-east, 7 knots13knonflat16°C
Thu 5Nov49, fairwind from the north-west, 7 knots10knsideflat15°C
Fri 6Nov39, poorwind from the east, 6 knots9knside-onflat15°C
Sat 7Nov99, goodwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots17knsideflat17°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 2 knots22knoffnot safeflat16°C
Mon 9Nov99, goodwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots20knsideflat16°C
Tue 10Nov78, goodwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots14knsideflat16°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 10:06 +0.1 mLow 18:17 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 01:30 +0.0 mLow 05:49 +0.0 mHigh 11:39 +0.1 mLow 18:42 −0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 01:38 +0.1 mLow 07:04 −0.0 mHigh 12:36 +0.1 mLow 19:04 −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

No month stands out

Good windsurf 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. 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. Jun3of 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. Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec3of 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 Vis

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

Water about 20°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 NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 23). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Vis.

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$1,090–US$2,090 each

about US$1,090–US$2,090 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 SPU, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$529–US$1,110
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$214–US$362
Food7 days eating outabout US$241–US$449
Totalabout US$1,090–US$2,090

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: Vis

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Closest

Vis

1 min by car · 38 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 38 places to stay in Vis · Booking.com

About Vis 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 19h

About 19h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SPU, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 15m by road

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

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