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Goring Sea Lane, UK

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Shingle Beach and Sea Front
Goring Sea Lane. Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Goring Sea Lane

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

The spot faces S (173°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (353°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 5.0 km out (1 in 500). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Worthing, 1.5 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 2 dive sites.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 14 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LHR, direct.

    See flights ORD → LHR · Skyscanner from about £395 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 35 from the airport to Goring Sea Lane.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Goring Sea Lane does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct71 ft4 smushy3kJ12°C
Mon 19Oct51 ft3 smushy2kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct132 ft3 smushy11kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct93 ft4 smushy31kJ13°C
Thu 22Oct255 ft6 smushy172kJ15°C
Fri 23Oct164 ft7 smushy181kJ12°C
Sat 24Oct213 ft6 smushy71kJ12°C
Sun 25Oct122 ft7 smushy45kJ14°C
Mon 26Oct52 ft9 smushy68kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct21 ft6 smushy7kJ16°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

    Direct flight ORD to LHR, then 1h 35 by road. About 14h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Hollows

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Hollows

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 11 kn (21 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LHR, then 1h 35 by road. About 14h door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Worthing each day: Goring Sea Lane, Hollows, The Harbour.

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Rough cost

About £1,125–£2,095 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 LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£395–£820
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£250–£420
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£100–£170
Total£1,125–£2,095

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

Places to eat near Worthing

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