La graciosa, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Famara, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ACE (ACE), 35 km.

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About La graciosa

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

The spot faces W (285°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (105°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 14). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, April and September, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Famara, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ACE (ACE), 35 km. Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

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 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ACE, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 26 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 55 min from the airport to La graciosa.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Famara, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ACE (ACE), 35 km.
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Forecast

La graciosa 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 La graciosa, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	43, fair	4 ft10 shollow	312kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 12 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft8 smushy	468kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	46, fair	6 ft8 shollow	358kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	23°C
Wed 21Oct	54, good	3 ft10 shollow	186kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots, offshore	23°C
Thu 22Oct	40, fair	3 ft5 smushy	47kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots, offshore	23°C
Fri 23Oct	39, fair	4 ft11 shollow	357kJ	wind from the north-east, 14 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	26, poor	4 ft10 shollow	377kJ	wind from the north-east, 17 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	29, poor	4 ft9 shollow	278kJ	wind from the north-east, 18 knots	22°C
Mon 26Oct	33, poor	4 ft6 smushy	91kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	22°C
Tue 27Oct	45, fair	3 ft9 shollow	169kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	22°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 ACE, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf La graciosa
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf La graciosa
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf La graciosa
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf La graciosa
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 14 kn (26 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to ACE, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £775–£1,505 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 ACE, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, 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	£80–£130
Food	7 days eating out	£175–£330
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£75–£125
Total		£775–£1,505

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

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