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Las Cucharas, Spain

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Also within 20 km of Arrecife

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El Jablillo. Photo: Fry72 (Karel Frydrýšek), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Las Cucharas

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

The spot faces SE (124°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (304°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 66). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in March, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Arrecife, 7.1 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 dive site.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to ACE, changing at DUB. About 26 flights a week that month.

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

  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Las Cucharas.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in ArrecifeAd

    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.

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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 18Oct153 ft5 smushy29kJ25°C
Mon 19Oct293 ft7 smushy78kJ26°C
Tue 20Oct173 ft7 smushy70kJ24°C
Wed 21Oct42 ft7 smushy29kJ24°C
Thu 22Oct143 ft5 smushy28kJ25°C
Fri 23Oct52 ft5 smushy25kJ25°C
Sat 24Oct52 ft7 smushy22kJ24°C
Sun 25Oct112 ft7 smushy48kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct142 ft6 smushy41kJ25°C
Tue 27Oct162 ft5 smushy26kJ25°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 35 min by road. About 19h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 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 ACE, changing at DUB, then 35 min by road. About 19h 15 door to door

The trip from Arrecife, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £900–£1,720 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£20–£35
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£900–£1,720

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

Places to eat near Arrecife

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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