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Arone, France

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Also within 20 km of Cargèse

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Plage d'Arone
Arone. Photo: mactartan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Arone

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

The spot faces SW (247°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (67°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually January, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Cargèse, 7.6 km away (about 15 min by car).

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to AJA, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG).

    See flights ORD → AJA · Skyscanner from about £455 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Arone.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in CargèseAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Cargèse · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Cargèse · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct272 ft5 shollow33kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct152 ft5 shollow10kJ24°C
Tue 20Oct313 ft6 shollow37kJ25°C
Wed 21Oct105 ft7 smushy170kJ19°C
Thu 22Oct194 ft8 smushy137kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct283 ft4 shollow42kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct64 ft8 smushy161kJ19°C
Sun 25Oct204 ft5 smushy59kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft6 shollow295kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct554 ft5 shollow74kJ19°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to AJA, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 18h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Arone

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to AJA, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 18h 15 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Cargèse each day: Arone, Cargese.

The trip from Cargèse, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,130–£2,125 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to AJA, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£455–£940
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£60–£105
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£255–£425
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£85–£145
Total£1,130–£2,125

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

Places to eat near Cargèse

  • Épicerie LecaFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
  • U RasaghiuFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
  • AM PizzaPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Le 20130French · 0.3 km from the centre
  • MaremmieseItalian · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Restaurant Le Saint JeanFrench · 0.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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