Faro de Trafalgar, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Zahora, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TNG (TNG), 51 km.

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About Faro de Trafalgar

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

The spot faces SW (212°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (32°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 65). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and October, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Zahora, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TNG (TNG), 51 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to TNG, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).
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Getting there. 1 h 10 from the airport to Faro de Trafalgar.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Zahora, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TNG (TNG), 51 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 Faro de Trafalgar, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	16, too small	2 ft5 smushy	26kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	20°C
Mon 19Oct	13, too small	2 ft6 smushy	21kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft12 smushy	86kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	1 ft9 scrumbling	26kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 7 knots	19°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	11kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots, offshore	18°C
Sun 25Oct	16, too small	2 ft6 smushy	20kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	20°C
Mon 26Oct	11, too small	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	22°C
Tue 27Oct	16, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	39kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	22°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
Fly ORD to TNG, changing at LIS, then 1h 10 by road. About 17h 50 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: 1 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 TNG, changing at LIS, then 1h 10 by road. About 17h 50 door to door

Rough cost

About £785–£1,520 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 TNG, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£420–£870
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		£785–£1,520

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

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