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Gaztetape, Spain

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

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Gaztetape. Photo: pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Gaztetape

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

The spot faces N (345°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (165°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 2 good days in 7; in July, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Zarautz, 3.5 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → EAS · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Gaztetape.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in ZarautzAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

Gaztetape on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct333 ft5 smushy47kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct171 ft7 shollow18kJ13°C
Tue 20Oct362 ft12 shollow151kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct95 ft7 smushy202kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct06 ft9 scrumbling536kJ18°C
Fri 23Oct011 ft10 smushy2,068kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct155 ft9 shollow428kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct06 ft10 shollow605kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft10 shollow821kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct545 ft9 shollow412kJ21°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 EAS, changing at MAD, then 55 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Zarautz

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Gaztetape

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to EAS, changing at MAD, then 55 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Zarautz each day: Gaztetape, Karramarro, Zarautz.

The trip from Zarautz, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £960–£1,815 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 EAS, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£855
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£960–£1,815

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

Places to eat near Zarautz

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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