Cruz Roja, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Esquinzo, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FUE (FUE), 64 km.

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About Cruz Roja

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

The spot faces SE (157°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (337°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 24). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Esquinzo, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FUE (FUE), 64 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot, 1 wind sports spot and 3 dive sites.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FUE, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Cruz Roja.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Esquinzo, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FUE (FUE), 64 km.
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Forecast

Cruz Roja does not suit intermediates. 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 Cruz Roja, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	14, too small	3 ft7 smushy	72kJ	wind from the north, 12 knots, offshore	24°C
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	3 ft9 scrumbling	98kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots, offshore	24°C
Tue 20Oct	10, too small	2 ft10 shollow	111kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	4, too small	2 ft10 shollow	104kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	3, too small	2 ft5 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	8, too small	2 ft9 shollow	86kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	9, too small	2 ft8 smushy	59kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	24°C
Sun 25Oct	8, too small	3 ft6 smushy	45kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	23°C
Mon 26Oct	9, too small	2 ft9 shollow	69kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	23°C
Tue 27Oct	9, too small	2 ft10 shollow	60kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	23°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
Fly ORD to FUE, changing at MAD, then 1h 25 by road. About 19h 45 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to FUE, changing at MAD, then 1h 25 by road. About 19h 45 door to door

Rough cost

About £775–£1,505 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 FUE, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£410–£855
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£80–£130
Food	7 days eating out	£175–£330
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£75–£125
Total		£775–£1,505

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

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