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Cerritos, Mexico

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El Pescadero Lodging
El Pescadero, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Andrea Tosatto from Torino, Italia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cerritos

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

The spot faces SW (245°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (65°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 19°C in May, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually November, with about 5 good days in 7; in May, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is El Pescadero, 4.4 km away (about 10 min by car).

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 9 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to SJD, direct.

    See flights MDW → SJD · Skyscanner from about £220 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 10 from the airport to Cerritos.

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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 intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct515 ft13 shollow878kJ31°C
Mon 19Oct585 ft12 shollow557kJ31°C
Tue 20Oct644 ft11 shollow392kJ30°C
Wed 21Oct554 ft12 shollow377kJ30°C
Thu 22Oct494 ft12 shollow400kJ30°C
Fri 23Oct503 ft12 shollow320kJ30°C
Sat 24Oct443 ft7 shollow81kJ30°C
Sun 25Oct454 ft10 shollow299kJ30°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft11 shollow908kJ29°C
Tue 27Oct395 ft10 shollow373kJ33°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight MDW to SJD, then 1h 10 by road. About 9h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf San Pedrito

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Cerritos

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf San Pedrito

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Cerritos

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Cerritos

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to SJD, then 1h 10 by road. About 9h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near El Pescadero each day: Cerritos, San Pedrito.

The trip from El Pescadero, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £700–£1,290 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 MDW to SJD, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£220–£460
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£160–£265
Food7 days eating out£150–£280
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£700–£1,290

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

Places to eat near El Pescadero

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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