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Los Locos, Spain

Stay in Suances: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

Also within 20 km of Suances

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Los Locos. Photo: Daniel Escudero, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Los Locos

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

The spot faces NW (323°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (143°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 22°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Suances, 1.5 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SDR, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

    See flights ORD → SDR · Skyscanner from about £405 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Los Locos.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in SuancesAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Suances · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Suances · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

Los Locos 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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct494 ft5 smushy72kJ16°C
Mon 19Oct242 ft8 shollow36kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct644 ft12 shollow427kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct06 ft8 smushy532kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct09 ft9 scrumbling1,160kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct015 ft11 smushy4,594kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct010 ft9 smushy1,268kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct09 ft8 smushy838kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct010 ft10 scrumbling1,796kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct08 ft9 scrumbling826kJ18°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 SDR, changing at DUB, then 40 min by road. About 17h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Los Locos

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SDR, changing at DUB, then 40 min by road. About 17h 15 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Suances each day: Los Caballos, Los Locos, Playa de La Concha, Ria de Suances.

The trip from Suances, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £905–£1,725 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 SDR, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£405–£840
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£55
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£905–£1,725

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

Places to eat near Suances

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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