Bore, Norway

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Bryne, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SVG (SVG), 11 km.

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About Bore

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

The spot faces W (279°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (99°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 750 m out (1 in 77). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 5°C in March, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February and December, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Bryne, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SVG (SVG), 11 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SVG, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 14 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Bore.
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Accommodation.
No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Bryne, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SVG (SVG), 11 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Bore, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	24, too small	4 ft8 smushy	171kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	20, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	139kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	27, too small	3 ft11 ssoft	271kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	18, too small	4 ft5 smushy	70kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	5, too small	3 ft4 smushy	33kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots	11°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	2 ft5 smushy	17kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots, offshore	11°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	57kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots, offshore	11°C
Sun 25Oct	20, too small	5 ft7 smushy	245kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots	10°C
Mon 26Oct	35, poor	10 ft9 smushy	1,280kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	9°C
Tue 27Oct	22, too small	6 ft7 smushy	333kJ	wind from the south, 13 knots	11°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to SVG, changing at AMS, then 30 min by road. About 17h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to SVG, changing at AMS, then 30 min by road. About 17h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £665–£1,305 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 SVG, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£390–£815
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£20–£30
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£665–£1,305

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

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