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La cuchiya, Spain

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La cuchiya. Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About La cuchiya

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

The spot faces W (253°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (73°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.4 km out (1 in 244). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 24°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and November, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Cádiz, 6 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 21°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 XRY, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → XRY · Skyscanner from about £415 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to La cuchiya.

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct242 ft5 smushy19kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct121 ft6 smushy10kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct101 ft3 smushy3kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct192 ft4 smushy9kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct131 ft3 smushy4kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct142 ft4 smushy9kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct212 ft4 smushy12kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct131 ft4 smushy4kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct152 ft4 smushy5kJ23°C
Tue 27Oct121 ft3 smushy3kJ25°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 XRY, changing at MAD, then 45 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to XRY, changing at MAD, then 45 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Cádiz each day: Cadiz, La cuchiya.

The trip from Cádiz, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £930–£1,770 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 XRY, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£415–£865
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£45–£75
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£185–£310
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£930–£1,770

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

Places to eat near Cádiz

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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