Crofty Beach, UK

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Oxwich, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 60 km.

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About Crofty Beach

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

The spot faces NW (302°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (122°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 9°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Oxwich, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 60 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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 16 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dublin Airport (DUB), direct. About 26 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 4 h 35 from the airport to Crofty Beach.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Oxwich, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 60 km.
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Forecast

Crofty Beach does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Crofty Beach, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 shollow	7kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 shollow	5kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, offshore	13°C
Tue 20Oct	7, too small	1 ft9 shollow	24kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	6, too small	4 ft7 smushy	129kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots	10°C
Thu 22Oct	23, too small	5 ft7 shollow	165kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	13°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	5 ft10 smushy	446kJ	wind from the north-west, 21 knots	9°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	4 ft7 shollow	119kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	13°C
Sun 25Oct	7, too small	5 ft9 smushy	351kJ	wind from the west, 19 knots	12°C
Mon 26Oct	16, too small	5 ft7 shollow	202kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots	13°C
Tue 27Oct	12, poor	7 ft9 smushy	714kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 17 knots	12°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 4h 35 by road. About 16h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 10 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 4h 35 by road. About 16h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £850–£1,625 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to DUB, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£370–£770
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£105–£175
Food	7 days eating out	£240–£445
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£100–£170
Total		£850–£1,625

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

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