Los Gigantes, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Buenavista del Norte, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TFS (TFS), 35 km.

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About Los Gigantes

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

The spot faces W (270°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (90°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 3–13 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 20°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Buenavista del Norte, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TFS (TFS), 35 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to TFS, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Buenavista del Norte, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TFS (TFS), 35 km.
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Forecast

Los Gigantes 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 Los Gigantes, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	42, fair	3 ft10 shollow	160kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	46, fair	4 ft7 shollow	135kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	18°C
Tue 20Oct	49, good	4 ft8 shollow	167kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	35, poor	3 ft7 shollow	84kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	28, too small	3 ft5 smushy	43kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	44, fair	3 ft10 shollow	214kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	42, fair	3 ft8 shollow	104kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	21°C
Sun 25Oct	36, fair	3 ft9 shollow	123kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	20°C
Mon 26Oct	41, fair	3 ft9 shollow	137kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	19°C
Tue 27Oct	26, too small	2 ft8 shollow	72kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	21°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 TFS, changing at LIS, then 55 min by road. About 18h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Los Gigantes
Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Los Gigantes
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Los Gigantes
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Los Gigantes
Best 19:00 to 22:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Los Gigantes
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to TFS, changing at LIS, then 55 min by road. About 18h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £765–£1,485 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 TFS, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£400–£835
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		£765–£1,485

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

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