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Fort Point, United States

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About Fort Point

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

The spot faces NW (302°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (122°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 4–16 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 12°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 15°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, November and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is San Francisco, 6.6 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 7 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Fort Point.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct103 ft11 shollow138kJ16°C
Mon 19Oct134 ft8 smushy186kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct395 ft10 shollow473kJ16°C
Wed 21Oct193 ft8 shollow132kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct72 ft10 shollow82kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct244 ft6 shollow108kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct154 ft7 shollow128kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct114 ft6 shollow94kJ15°C
Mon 26Oct223 ft8 shollow112kJ14°C
Tue 27Oct112 ft8 shollow47kJ14°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

    Direct flight MDW to SFO, then 45 min by road. About 7h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Taraval

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Taraval

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to SFO, then 45 min by road. About 7h door to door

The plan picks the best of 7 spots near San Francisco each day: Deadman's, Fort Point, Land's End Beach, Noriega, Ocean Beach San Francisco, Taraval, The Cogwheel.

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Rough cost

About £945–£1,725 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 MDW to SFO, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£225–£470
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£40–£65
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£945–£1,725

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

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