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Green Rooms A.K.A. The Arches, United States

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Miramar Beach, Florida
Miramar Beach, the nearest town. Photo: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Green Rooms A.K.A. The Arches

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

The spot faces S (189°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (9°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 500 m out (1 in 51). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 30°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Miramar Beach, 0.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 5 dive sites.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 4 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to VPS, direct.

    See flights MDW → VPS · Skyscanner from about £140 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Green Rooms A.K.A. The Arches.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Green Rooms A.K.A. The Arches on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct91 ft4 smushy6kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct141 ft5 smushy8kJ23°C
Tue 20Oct131 ft4 smushy5kJ24°C
Wed 21Oct121 ft4 smushy4kJ25°C
Thu 22Oct81 ft4 smushy2kJ24°C
Fri 23Oct4under 1 ft4 s0kJ25°C
Sat 24Oct121 ft5 smushy5kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct131 ft4 smushy6kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct71 ft4 smushy3kJ23°C
Tue 27Oct1under 1 ft3 s0kJ23°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 MDW to VPS, then 40 min by road. About 4h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to VPS, then 40 min by road. About 4h 45 door to door

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Rough cost

About £850–£1,535 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 MDW to VPS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£140–£290
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£55
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£850–£1,535

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

Places to eat near Miramar Beach

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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