Guacuco, Venezuela

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Playa El Agua, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PMV (PMV), 23 km.

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About Guacuco

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

The spot faces NE (64°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (244°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 25°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Playa El Agua, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PMV (PMV), 23 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PMV, changing at El Dorado International Airport (BOG).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Guacuco.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Playa El Agua, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PMV (PMV), 23 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 Guacuco, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	9, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	12, too small	2 ft4 smushy	14kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	2 ft4 smushy	17kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	14kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	2 ft4 smushy	14kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	2 ft4 smushy	14kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	17, too small	2 ft4 smushy	18kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	23, too small	3 ft5 smushy	25kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	28°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 PMV, changing at BOG, then 45 min by road. About 15h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to PMV, changing at BOG, then 45 min by road. About 15h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £580–£1,115 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 PMV, estimated from distance and season, changing at BOG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£285–£590
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£40–£65
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£580–£1,115

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

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