Dooms, Aruba

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Noord, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AUA (AUA), 13 km.

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About Dooms

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

The spot faces NE (35°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (215°). 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 11). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Noord, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AUA (AUA), 13 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 9 dive sites.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 9 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to AUA, direct.
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Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Dooms.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Noord, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AUA (AUA), 13 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Dooms, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	4, too small	2 ft6 smushy	23kJ	wind from the east, 17 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	4, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the east, 16 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	5, too small	2 ft4 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east, 15 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	7, poor	3 ft4 smushy	38kJ	wind from the east, 16 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	20, poor	3 ft5 shollow	37kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	3 ft5 smushy	32kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	30°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	4 ft5 smushy	64kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	30°C
Sun 25Oct	20, poor	3 ft5 smushy	40kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots	30°C
Mon 26Oct	33, too small	2 ft5 shollow	24kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	30°C
Tue 27Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 shollow	19kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 2 knots	28°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to AUA, then 35 min by road. About 9h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 10 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to AUA, then 35 min by road. About 9h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £540–£1,045 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 AUA, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£260–£545
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£25–£40
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£540–£1,045

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

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