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Chacahua, Mexico

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Puerto Escondido en cuatro días
Near Chacahua, 1 km away. Photo: Carlos Miguélez Monroy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Chacahua

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

The spot faces S (172°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (352°). 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 28°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March and November, with about 6 good days in 7; in June, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Chacahua, 1.4 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 30°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 13 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to PXM, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

    See flights MDW → PXM · Skyscanner from about £225 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Chacahua.

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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 18Oct575 ft13 shollow824kJ32°C
Mon 19Oct585 ft12 shollow561kJ32°C
Tue 20Oct674 ft11 shollow414kJ31°C
Wed 21Oct654 ft11 shollow305kJ30°C
Thu 22Oct714 ft12 shollow479kJ31°C
Fri 23Oct664 ft12 shollow492kJ32°C
Sat 24Oct634 ft10 shollow366kJ30°C
Sun 25Oct594 ft8 shollow203kJ31°C
Mon 26Oct534 ft7 shollow125kJ32°C
Tue 27Oct342 ft10 shollow108kJ31°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

    Fly MDW to PXM, changing at DFW, then 1h 25 by road. About 13h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Chacahua

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Chacahua

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Chacahua

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Chacahua

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Chacahua

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to PXM, changing at DFW, then 1h 25 by road. About 13h door to door

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Rough cost

About £705–£1,300 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 PXM, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£225–£470
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£705–£1,300

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

Places to eat near Chacahua

  • Koko's RestauranteSeafood · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Frente al Mar de Chacahua0.2 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Kasandra en ChacahuaMexican · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Restaurante bertitha0.2 km from the centre
  • El Punto Restaurante and Camping0.3 km from the centre
  • Comedor Yury0.9 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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