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El Roque - La Peña, Spain

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Moya, the nearest town, 7 km away. Photo: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About El Roque - La Peña

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

The spot faces N (3°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (183°). 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 very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). 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 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, October, November and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Moya, 6.8 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots.

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 18 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LPA, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).

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  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to El Roque - La Peña.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

El Roque - La Peña does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct504 ft5 shollow66kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct105 ft7 shollow224kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct245 ft8 shollow290kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct373 ft6 shollow92kJ22°C
Thu 22Oct413 ft5 shollow50kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct304 ft10 smushy328kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct363 ft9 shollow182kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct303 ft9 shollow127kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct394 ft6 shollow103kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct333 ft5 shollow57kJ21°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 LPA, changing at LIS, then 50 min by road. About 18h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf El Roque - La Peña

    Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf El Roque - La Peña

    Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf El Roque - La Peña

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf El Roque - La Peña

    Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf El Roque - La Peña

    Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to LPA, changing at LIS, then 50 min by road. About 18h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Moya each day: Derecha del alto, El Roque - La Peña, Soledad.

The trip from Moya, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £925–£1,760 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 LPA, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£405–£845
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£50–£85
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£925–£1,760

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

Places to eat near Moya

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