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El Arenal, Spain

Stay in Tegueste: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

Also within 20 km of Tegueste

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Playa Piscinas Naturales de Bajamar
Near El Arenal, 1 km away. Photo: Mentxuwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About El Arenal

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

The spot faces NW (314°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (134°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very 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 19°C in March, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, October, November and December, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tegueste, 3.1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to TFN, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → TFN · Skyscanner from about £400 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to El Arenal.

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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 18Oct444 ft10 shollow290kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct165 ft7 shollow240kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct475 ft8 shollow313kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct523 ft7 shollow104kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct423 ft5 shollow49kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct444 ft10 shollow356kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct464 ft10 shollow240kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct453 ft9 shollow174kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct504 ft6 shollow110kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct443 ft9 shollow147kJ21°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 TFN, changing at MAD, then 30 min by road. About 19h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Los dos Hermanos

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf El Arenal

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Barranquera

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Barranquera

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Barranquera

    Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to TFN, changing at MAD, then 30 min by road. About 19h door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near Tegueste each day: Bajamar, Barranquera, El Arenal, El Charco - La Piscina, El Lobo, Los dos Hermanos.

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Rough cost

About £885–£1,690 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 TFN, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£400–£835
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£185–£310
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£885–£1,690

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

Places to eat near Tegueste

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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