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Luanco, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 21 km.

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About Luanco

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

The spot faces E (70°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (250°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.2 km out (1 in 118). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 21 km.

Water about 18°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 OVD, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

    See flights ORD → OVD · Skyscanner from about £395 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Luanco.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 21 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Luanco, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct6, too small4 ft6 smushy90kJwind from the east, 14 knots17°C
Mon 19Oct7, too small2 ft5 smushy17kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots15°C
Tue 20Oct32, too small4 ft11 ssoft408kJwind from the west, 9 knots, offshore16°C
Wed 21Oct60, good10 ft9 ssoft1,527kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore15°C
Thu 22Oct61, good9 ft9 ssoft1,301kJwind from the west, 8 knots, offshore17°C
Fri 23Oct64, good12 ft11 ssoft3,064kJwind from the west, 19 knots, offshore15°C
Sat 24Oct60, good8 ft9 ssoft855kJwind from the west-south-west, 7 knots, offshore16°C
Sun 25Oct61, good9 ft10 ssoft1,323kJwind from the west, 16 knots, offshore21°C
Mon 26Oct59, good9 ft10 ssoft1,598kJwind from the north-west, 1 knot19°C
Tue 27Oct56, good7 ft9 ssoft781kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots, offshore22°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

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

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Luanco

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 10 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Luanco

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 9 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Luanco

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 12 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Luanco

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

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

Rough cost

About £715–£1,405 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
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OVD, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£395–£825
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£715–£1,405

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

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