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Juan Grande, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Agüimes, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LPA (LPA), 16 km.

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About Juan Grande

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

The spot faces S (161°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (341°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 750 m out (1 in 77). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 19°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Agüimes, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LPA (LPA), 16 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LPA, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).

    See flights ORD → LPA · Skyscanner from about £405 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Juan Grande.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Agüimes, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LPA (LPA), 16 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Surf spot

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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Juan Grande, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct9, too small2 ft4 smushy14kJwind from the east, 1 knot27°C
Mon 19Oct6, too small2 ft7 smushy36kJwind from the east, 3 knots25°C
Tue 20Oct5, too small2 ft8 smushy41kJwind from the east-north-east, 7 knots24°C
Wed 21Oct4, too small1 ft5 smushy10kJwind from the east-north-east, 12 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct4, too small2 ft5 smushy11kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct2, too small1 ft9 scrumbling11kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct3, too small1 ft5 smushy9kJwind from the north-east, 13 knots24°C
Sun 25Oct3, too small2 ft6 smushy15kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots24°C
Mon 26Oct4, too small2 ft6 smushy17kJwind from the east-north-east, 7 knots25°C
Tue 27Oct4, too small1 ft6 smushy12kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots25°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 LPA, changing at LIS, then 35 min by road. About 18h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to LPA, changing at LIS, then 35 min by road. About 18h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £720–£1,410 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
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LPA, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£405–£845
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£45
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£720–£1,410

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

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