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Carnota, Spain

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Solpor na praia de Carnota. Dawn over Carnota Beach
Carnota. Photo: Noel Feans, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Carnota

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

The spot faces W (272°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (92°). 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 gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 47). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in June, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7; in February, March and November, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Carnota, 0 km away (about 5 min by car).

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 17 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SCQ, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → SCQ · Skyscanner from about £390 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 15 from the airport to Carnota.

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  3. Accommodation.

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

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct193 ft9 ssoft177kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct234 ft13 scrumbling456kJ17°C
Tue 20Oct425 ft11 ssoft580kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct579 ft8 ssoft1,090kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct278 ft9 smushy1,018kJ15°C
Fri 23Oct4010 ft10 smushy1,723kJ15°C
Sat 24Oct588 ft9 ssoft835kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct3510 ft8 smushy1,196kJ16°C
Mon 26Oct487 ft10 ssoft909kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct2510 ft8 smushy1,313kJ17°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 SCQ, changing at DUB, then 1h 15 by road. About 17h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Carnota

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Carnota

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 9 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Carnota

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf O Pindo

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 14 ft at 9 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Carnota

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SCQ, changing at DUB, then 1h 15 by road. About 17h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Carnota each day: Carnota, O Pindo.

The trip from Carnota, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £940–£1,770 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 SCQ, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£390–£810
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£940–£1,770

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

Places to eat near Carnota

  • Mar da MorosaSpanish · 1.3 km from the centre
  • Casa FandiñoSpanish · 0.2 km from the centre
  • A Vaca de Pilara GrillBar and grill · 1.1 km from the centre
  • Casa Goyanes0.1 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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