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Crane Beach, Barbados

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Digger on Crane Beach
Crane Beach. Photo: Carol.Bren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Crane Beach

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

The spot faces SE (127°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (307°). It is sheltered 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 250 m out (1 in 26). 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 month is usually September, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Crane, 0.4 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot 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 50 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 25 from the airport to Crane Beach.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

Crane Beach on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct313 ft6 smushy64kJ29°C
Mon 19Oct203 ft6 smushy64kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct263 ft6 smushy51kJ28°C
Wed 21Oct222 ft5 smushy34kJ29°C
Thu 22Oct71 ft7 smushy15kJ29°C
Fri 23Oct92 ft6 smushy16kJ29°C
Sat 24Oct263 ft5 smushy45kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct223 ft6 smushy49kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct103 ft5 smushy34kJ29°C
Tue 27Oct253 ft5 smushy44kJ29°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 ORD to UVF, then 3h 25 by road. About 12h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.

  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

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to UVF, then 3h 25 by road. About 12h 50 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Crane each day: Crane Beach, Foul bay, Ragged Point, Skeetes Bay.

The trip from Crane, 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 Crane

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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