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Horseshoe Bay Beach, Bermuda

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About Horseshoe Bay Beach

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

The spot faces S (160°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (340°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 47). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 20°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Hamilton, 6.3 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 5 dive sites.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 11 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to BDA, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

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  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Horseshoe Bay Beach.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Horseshoe Bay Beach does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct142 ft8 smushy73kJ27°C
Mon 19Oct52 ft9 smushy67kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct224 ft6 smushy74kJ26°C
Wed 21Oct164 ft7 smushy168kJ27°C
Thu 22Oct225 ft7 smushy214kJ25°C
Fri 23Oct484 ft6 smushy93kJ24°C
Sat 24Oct52 ft7 smushy32kJ23°C
Sun 25Oct72 ft8 ssoft72kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct114 ft10 ssoft318kJ26°C
Tue 27Oct454 ft7 smushy129kJ25°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 BDA, changing at JFK, then 40 min by road. About 11h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Horseshoe Bay Beach

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Pampas

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Horseshoe Bay Beach

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BDA, changing at JFK, then 40 min by road. About 11h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Hamilton each day: Horseshoe Bay Beach, Pampas, Sonesta.

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Rough cost

About £640–£1,195 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 BDA, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£190–£400
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£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£640–£1,195

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

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