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Cap Blanc Nez, France

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Cap Blanc-Nez (vu de la plage)
Cap Blanc Nez. Photo: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cap Blanc Nez

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

The spot faces NW (323°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (143°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 1000 m out (1 in 98). 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). The town to stay in is Escalles, 1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LHR, direct.

    See flights ORD → LHR · Skyscanner from about £395 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h 05 from the airport to Cap Blanc Nez.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct243 ft6 smushy59kJ11°C
Mon 19Oct502 ft5 smushy23kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct542 ft5 smushy21kJ13°C
Wed 21Oct242 ft4 smushy19kJ13°C
Thu 22Oct83 ft6 smushy74kJ15°C
Fri 23Oct62 ft12 smushy112kJ12°C
Sat 24Oct152 ft7 smushy28kJ11°C
Sun 25Oct21 ft8 smushy8kJ15°C
Mon 26Oct202 ft8 ssoft54kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct1under 1 ft8 s1kJ17°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 beginner surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to LHR, then 3h 05 by road. About 15h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Cap Blanc Nez

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 2 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Cap Blanc Nez

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 2 ft at 4 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 25 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

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

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LHR, then 3h 05 by road. About 15h 30 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,115–£2,075 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 LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£395–£820
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
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£1,115–£2,075

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

Places to eat near Escalles

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