Glyfada Corfu, Greece

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Corfu, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CFU (CFU), 9 km.

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About Glyfada Corfu

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

The spot faces SW (225°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (45°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 15°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Corfu, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CFU (CFU), 9 km.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CFU, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA). About 7 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Glyfada Corfu.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Corfu, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CFU (CFU), 9 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 Glyfada Corfu, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	5, too small	1 ft3 shollow	1kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	19°C
Mon 19Oct	6, too small	1 ft3 shollow	2kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	5, too small	1 ft4 shollow	2kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	29, too small	3 ft5 shollow	33kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	36, fair	3 ft5 shollow	29kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	17, too small	2 ft4 shollow	10kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	1 ft3 shollow	2kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 shollow	15kJ	wind from the north-west, 10 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	11, too small	2 ft4 shollow	8kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	19°C
Tue 27Oct	32, too small	2 ft4 shollow	19kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	21°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 CFU, changing at FRA, then 30 min by road. About 18h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Glyfada Corfu
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 8 kn (16 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Glyfada Corfu
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CFU, changing at FRA, then 30 min by road. About 18h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £765–£1,515 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 CFU, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£495–£1,030
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£15–£25
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£765–£1,515

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

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