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Cattlewash, Barbados

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Cattlewash. Photo: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cattlewash

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

The spot faces NE (45°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (225°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually August, September and October, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bathsheba, 1.3 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 12 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → UVF · Skyscanner from about £280 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h 10 from the airport to Cattlewash.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct163 ft10 smushy225kJ28°C
Mon 19Oct113 ft5 smushy47kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct103 ft9 smushy97kJ29°C
Wed 21Oct72 ft9 smushy87kJ29°C
Thu 22Oct82 ft9 smushy69kJ30°C
Fri 23Oct52 ft8 smushy42kJ29°C
Sat 24Oct103 ft5 smushy48kJ29°C
Sun 25Oct52 ft8 smushy64kJ29°C
Mon 26Oct42 ft6 smushy39kJ29°C
Tue 27Oct123 ft5 smushy45kJ29°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

    Direct flight ORD to UVF, then 3h 10 by road. About 12h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 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: 3 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to UVF, then 3h 10 by road. About 12h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Bathsheba each day: Cattlewash, Parlors, Soup Bowl.

The trip from Bathsheba, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £770–£1,435 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 UVF, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£280–£580
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£770–£1,435

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

Places to eat near Bathsheba

  • Round HouseCaribbean · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Dina's BarCaribbean · 0.4 km from the centre
  • De GarageCajun and creole · 1.1 km from the centre
  • Uncle Joe's Bar and Grill0.5 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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