Great Palouki, Greece

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Laganas, 38 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ZTH (ZTH), 37 km.

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About Great Palouki

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

The spot faces SW (240°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (60°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 35). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Laganas, 38 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ZTH (ZTH), 37 km.

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 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ZTH, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 7 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Great Palouki.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Laganas, 38 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ZTH (ZTH), 37 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 Great Palouki, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	1kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	2, too small	under 1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	22°C
Tue 20Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft5 s	0kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	8, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore	25°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	24°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	10, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the south-west, 1 knot	21°C
Mon 26Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots	20°C
Tue 27Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	18kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	19°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 ZTH, changing at AMS, then 1h by road. About 19h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: under 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to ZTH, changing at AMS, then 1h by road. About 19h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £830–£1,630 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 ZTH, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£505–£1,055
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£830–£1,630

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

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