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Gozo - Qbajjar, Malta

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Also within 20 km of Marsalforn

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The Qbajjar in Gozo
Gozo - Qbajjar. Photo: Spike28742, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Gozo - Qbajjar

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

The spot faces N (14°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (194°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 5). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Marsalforn, 1.3 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 22 dive sites.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to MLA, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 9 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → MLA · Skyscanner from about £495 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Gozo - Qbajjar.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in MarsalfornAd

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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 Marsalforn · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Marsalforn · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct121 ft4 shollow6kJ24°C
Mon 19Oct82 ft5 shollow20kJ23°C
Tue 20Oct333 ft4 shollow37kJ24°C
Wed 21Oct133 ft4 shollow30kJ25°C
Thu 22Oct11 ft5 smushy3kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct122 ft4 smushy14kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct31 ft3 shollow2kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct22 ft7 smushy19kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct112 ft5 shollow24kJ23°C
Tue 27Oct63 ft6 smushy41kJ22°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 MLA, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 19h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Gozo - Qbajjar

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 3 ft at 4 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MLA, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 19h 20 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Marsalforn each day: Gozo - Marsalforn, Gozo - Qbajjar, Gozo - Ramla Bay.

The trip from Marsalforn, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £985–£1,880 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 MLA, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£495–£1,025
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£985–£1,880

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

Places to eat near Marsalforn

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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