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Lovers Shore Break, Mexico

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Cabo San Lucas bay
Cabo San Lucas, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Lovers Shore Break

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

The spot faces S (163°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (343°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.3 km out (1 in 132). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 21°C in April, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually July, with about 5 good days in 7; in April and May, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Cabo San Lucas, 3.1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot, 1 wind sports spot and 4 dive sites.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 8 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to SJD, direct.

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  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Lovers Shore Break.

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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 18Oct06 ft10 ssoft664kJ32°C
Mon 19Oct265 ft9 ssoft413kJ30°C
Tue 20Oct554 ft12 ssoft444kJ31°C
Wed 21Oct564 ft12 ssoft458kJ30°C
Thu 22Oct594 ft12 ssoft503kJ30°C
Fri 23Oct604 ft12 ssoft358kJ29°C
Sat 24Oct323 ft9 ssoft137kJ29°C
Sun 25Oct323 ft9 ssoft139kJ31°C
Mon 26Oct010 ft11 ssoft1,967kJ29°C
Tue 27Oct08 ft10 ssoft1,107kJ31°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

    Direct flight MDW to SJD, then 55 min by road. About 8h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Lovers Shore Break

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Monuments

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Monuments

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Lovers Shore Break

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Lovers Shore Break

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to SJD, then 55 min by road. About 8h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Cabo San Lucas each day: Lovers Shore Break, Monuments.

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Rough cost

About £700–£1,290 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 MDW to SJD, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£220–£460
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£160–£265
Food7 days eating out£150–£280
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£700–£1,290

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

Places to eat near Cabo San Lucas

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