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Lover's Point, United States

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Lover's Point. Photo: dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Lover's Point

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

The spot faces N (359°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (179°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 3–13 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 33). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 12°C in May, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 15°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). The town to stay in is Pacific Grove, 0.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots, 1 wind sports spot and 9 dive sites.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 6 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to MRY, direct.

    See flights ORD → MRY · Skyscanner from about £225 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Lover's Point.

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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 experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct295 ft8 ssoft372kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct356 ft9 scrumbling405kJ17°C
Tue 20Oct536 ft11 scrumbling821kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct335 ft9 scrumbling343kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct143 ft7 smushy99kJ18°C
Fri 23Oct255 ft6 smushy159kJ18°C
Sat 24Oct366 ft7 smushy322kJ18°C
Sun 25Oct144 ft7 smushy123kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct356 ft7 smushy288kJ23°C
Tue 27Oct285 ft7 smushy188kJ22°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to MRY, then 30 min by road. About 6h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Boneyards

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 7 ft at 11 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Cypress

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Asilomar

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Cypress

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to MRY, then 30 min by road. About 6h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Pacific Grove each day: Asilomar, Boneyards, Cypress, Lover's Point.

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Rough cost

About £920–£1,680 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 MRY, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£225–£465
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£920–£1,680

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

Places to eat near Pacific Grove

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