Kaurö, Sweden

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Lysekil, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: THN (THN), 60 km.

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About Kaurö

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

The spot faces W (277°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (97°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Lysekil, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: THN (THN), 60 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to GOT, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 14 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Kaurö.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Lysekil, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: THN (THN), 60 km.
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Forecast

Kaurö 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Kaurö, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 s	2kJ	wind from the north-east, 4 knots	11°C
Mon 19Oct	4, too small	1 ft2 s	0kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	10°C
Tue 20Oct	4, too small	1 ft3 shollow	1kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	10°C
Wed 21Oct	4, too small	under 1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	4, too small	1 ft3 shollow	2kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots	12°C
Fri 23Oct	59, good	4 ft7 shollow	107kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots, offshore	12°C
Sat 24Oct	5, too small	1 ft4 shollow	3kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	2, too small	1 ft5 shollow	5kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 24 knots	10°C
Mon 26Oct	4, poor	5 ft7 smushy	238kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 16 knots	10°C
Tue 27Oct	14, poor	4 ft7 smushy	129kJ	wind from the west, 19 knots	12°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 GOT, changing at AMS, then 1h 25 by road. About 18h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: under 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Kaurö
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to GOT, changing at AMS, then 1h 25 by road. About 18h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £735–£1,430 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 GOT, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£410–£855
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£735–£1,430

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

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