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Candelaria, Spain

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Candelaria. Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Candelaria

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

The spot faces E (106°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (286°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 5). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 19°C in March, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Candelaria, 0.2 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to TFS, changing at LIS.

    See flights ORD → TFS · Skyscanner from about £400 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Candelaria.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in CandelariaAd

    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 Candelaria · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Candelaria · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

Candelaria does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct92 ft5 shollow18kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct102 ft7 shollow40kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct72 ft7 shollow30kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct62 ft6 shollow14kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct92 ft5 shollow19kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct72 ft5 shollow18kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct72 ft6 shollow20kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct103 ft6 shollow46kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct163 ft5 shollow55kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct103 ft5 shollow26kJ22°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to TFS, changing at LIS, then 1h by road. About 18h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to TFS, changing at LIS, then 1h by road. About 18h 35 door to door

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Rough cost

About £950–£1,795 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 TFS, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£400–£835
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£80–£130
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£185–£310
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£950–£1,795

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

Places to eat near Candelaria

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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