Aberavon, UK

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Swansea, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 39 km.

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About Aberavon

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (214°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (34°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.9 km out (1 in 294). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Swansea, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 39 km.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to CWL, changing at DUB. About 7 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Aberavon.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Swansea, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 39 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Aberavon, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	22, too small	2 ft8 smushy	33kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	11, too small	1 ft13 ssoft	57kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	36, fair	2 ft9 ssoft	84kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	8, too small	2 ft10 smushy	84kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 8 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	7 ft7 smushy	406kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 1 knot	13°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 ssoft	1,373kJ	wind from the north-west, 22 knots	9°C
Sat 24Oct	10, poor	3 ft9 smushy	154kJ	wind from the south-west, 17 knots	13°C
Sun 25Oct	15, poor	4 ft10 smushy	251kJ	wind from the west, 19 knots	12°C
Mon 26Oct	5, poor	6 ft9 smushy	454kJ	wind from the west, 15 knots	12°C
Tue 27Oct	8, poor	4 ft10 smushy	319kJ	wind from the west, 19 knots	12°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to CWL, changing at DUB, then 1h by road. About 16h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CWL, changing at DUB, then 1h by road. About 16h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £825–£1,590 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to CWL, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£385–£800
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£65–£110
Food	7 days eating out	£240–£445
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£100–£170
Total		£825–£1,590

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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