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Guethary, France

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About Guethary

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

The spot faces NW (321°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (141°). 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 200 m out (1 in 18). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Guéthary, 0.3 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 10 surf spots and 1 dive site.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to BIQ, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 14 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Guethary, 11 km.

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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

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct193 ft7 smushy105kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct112 ft8 shollow44kJ11°C
Tue 20Oct284 ft12 shollow335kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct88 ft8 smushy717kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct539 ft9 scrumbling1,038kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct014 ft10 smushy3,623kJ15°C
Sat 24Oct197 ft9 smushy803kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct49 ft9 smushy1,213kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct09 ft10 scrumbling1,402kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct537 ft9 scrumbling657kJ19°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BIQ, changing at CDG, then 35 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Guethary

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 9 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Guethary

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BIQ, changing at CDG, then 35 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Guéthary each day: Guethary, Parlementia.

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Rough cost

About £1,045–£1,960 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 BIQ, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£415–£855
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£255–£425
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£85–£145
Total£1,045–£1,960

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

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