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Fornos, Spain

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

Also within 20 km of Ortigueira

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Vista de Ortigueira dende a rúa do Castelo
Ortigueira, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Fornos

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

The spot faces NE (27°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (207°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 8–20 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 13°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Ortigueira, 3.2 km away (about 10 min by car).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. 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.

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

    See flights ORD → LCG · Skyscanner from about £390 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Fornos.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in OrtigueiraAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Ortigueira · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Ortigueira · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

Fornos does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct34 ft8 smushy162kJ16°C
Mon 19Oct104 ft13 smushy442kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct316 ft10 ssoft613kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct5512 ft9 ssoft1,940kJ14°C
Thu 22Oct6511 ft9 ssoft1,910kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct5317 ft10 ssoft5,571kJ15°C
Sat 24Oct6210 ft9 ssoft1,321kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct6111 ft9 ssoft1,879kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct6810 ft10 ssoft2,063kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct5510 ft9 ssoft1,354kJ19°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to LCG, changing at MAD, then 1h 25 by road. About 18h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 6 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Fornos

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 12 ft at 9 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Fornos

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 11 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Fornos

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 17 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (14 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Fornos

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 10 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to LCG, changing at MAD, then 1h 25 by road. About 18h 15 door to door

The trip from Ortigueira, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £940–£1,770 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 LCG, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£390–£810
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£80–£130
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£940–£1,770

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

Places to eat near Ortigueira

  • La Terraza de LauraSpanish · in the centre
  • Manolo's XantarSpanish · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Club Nautico0.2 km from the centre
  • The Master Grill BurgerAmerican · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Mesón Río SorSpanish · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Restaurante A Cabana do Fos1.6 km from the centre

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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