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Kamikaze (Sicily), Italy

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Near Kamikaze (Sicily), 1 km away. Photo: Peter Bach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Kamikaze (Sicily)

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

The spot faces NE (25°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (205°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 26). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 15°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Cefalù, 1.9 km away (about 5 min by car).

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 19 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PMO, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH). About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → PMO · Skyscanner from about £480 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 45 from the airport to Kamikaze (Sicily).

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in CefalùAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Cefalù · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Cefalù · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

Kamikaze (Sicily) on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct1under 1 ft4 s1kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct0under 1 ft4 s0kJ24°C
Wed 21Oct21 ft3 smushy1kJ22°C
Thu 22Oct143 ft5 smushy56kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct273 ft5 smushy61kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct71 ft4 smushy4kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct225 ft6 smushy160kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct283 ft5 smushy53kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct173 ft5 smushy52kJ20°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 PMO, changing at ZRH, then 1h 45 by road. About 19h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 10 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to PMO, changing at ZRH, then 1h 45 by road. About 19h 55 door to door

The trip from Cefalù, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,135–£2,130 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 PMO, estimated from distance and season, changing at ZRH, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£480–£995
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£80–£130
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£245–£405
Food7 days eating out£230–£430
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£1,135–£2,130

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

Places to eat near Cefalù

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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