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La Santa, Spain

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La Santa, the nearest town. Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About La Santa

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

The spot faces NW (320°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (140°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 6). 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 and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is La Santa, 0.2 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 6 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.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ACE, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 26 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → ACE · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to La Santa, 24 km.

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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 18Oct324 ft10 smushy345kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct07 ft7 shollow453kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct215 ft8 shollow302kJ23°C
Wed 21Oct383 ft9 shollow165kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct373 ft5 shollow45kJ24°C
Fri 23Oct354 ft10 shollow251kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct164 ft10 smushy377kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct174 ft9 smushy278kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct394 ft7 shollow133kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct443 ft9 shollow180kJ22°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 ACE, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf La Santa

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf La Santa

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 14 kn (25 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf El Quemao

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf La Santa

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 14 kn (26 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to ACE, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

The plan picks the best of 7 spots near La Santa each day: Boca del Abajo, Caleta de caballo, El centro, El Quemao, Ghost town, La Santa, Morro Negro.

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Rough cost

About £915–£1,745 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 ACE, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£855
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
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£915–£1,745

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

Places to eat near La Santa

  • Restaurante SalmarinaSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Restaurant Chino InternationalChinese · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Los Delfines0.1 km from the centre
  • Restaurante El LagoSpanish · 1.7 km from the centre
  • Restaurante La PlazaSpanish · 1.9 km from the centre
  • Amêndoa Restaurant0.1 km from the centre

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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