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Crosstown (part of Sandymouth), UK

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Crosstown (part of Sandymouth). Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Crosstown (part of Sandymouth)

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

The spot faces W (286°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (106°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in July, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bude, 8.8 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 9 surf spots.

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 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to NQY, changing at DUB.

    See flights ORD → NQY · Skyscanner from about £380 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Crosstown (part of Sandymouth).

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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 18Oct232 ft8 shollow53kJ12°C
Mon 19Oct443 ft12 shollow187kJ13°C
Tue 20Oct573 ft10 shollow220kJ12°C
Wed 21Oct07 ft10 smushy738kJ11°C
Thu 22Oct09 ft8 smushy809kJ13°C
Fri 23Oct08 ft11 smushy1,365kJ11°C
Sat 24Oct75 ft7 shollow226kJ13°C
Sun 25Oct62 ft9 smushy80kJ12°C
Mon 26Oct08 ft9 smushy930kJ13°C
Tue 27Oct102 ft10 smushy108kJ12°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 ORD to NQY, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 16h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Crooklets

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 1 kn (3 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to NQY, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 16h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 11 spots near Bude each day: Crooklets, Crosstown (part of Sandymouth), Duckpool, Hippa Rock, Nudies, Phillips Point, Sandymouth, Stanbury Mouth, Stowe Cliffs, Summerleaze, Upton.

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Rough cost

About £1,110–£2,070 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 NQY, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£380–£795
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£250–£420
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£100–£170
Total£1,110–£2,070

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

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