Flø, Norway

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Fosnavåg, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AES (AES), 22 km.

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About Flø

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

The spot faces NW (336°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (156°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–14 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 68). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 6°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 15°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Fosnavåg, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AES (AES), 22 km.

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to AES, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 10 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Flø.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Fosnavåg, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AES (AES), 22 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 Flø, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	59, good	4 ft9 ssoft	231kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots	10°C
Mon 19Oct	19, poor	5 ft8 smushy	247kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 12 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 20Oct	17, poor	5 ft10 ssoft	489kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	10°C
Wed 21Oct	50, good	3 ft10 ssoft	200kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots, offshore	10°C
Thu 22Oct	35, too small	3 ft10 ssoft	113kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots, offshore	10°C
Fri 23Oct	40, fair	3 ft8 ssoft	98kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, offshore	9°C
Sat 24Oct	44, fair	3 ft9 ssoft	161kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots, offshore	9°C
Sun 25Oct	25, too small	2 ft10 ssoft	93kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 26Oct	45, fair	3 ft10 ssoft	212kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 27Oct	52, good	4 ft9 ssoft	254kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots, offshore	10°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 AES, changing at AMS, then 40 min by road. About 18h 15 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Flø
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Flø
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Flø
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Flø
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to AES, changing at AMS, then 40 min by road. About 18h 15 door to door

Rough cost

About £675–£1,320 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 AES, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£385–£800
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£35–£60
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£675–£1,320

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

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