Matanzas, Chile

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Santo Domingo, 42 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), 119 km.

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About Matanzas

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

The spot faces NW (307°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (127°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 78). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 12°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in February, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June and July, with about 2 good days in 7; in October, November and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Santo Domingo, 42 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), 119 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
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Getting there. 2 h 20 from the airport to Matanzas.
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Accommodation.
No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Santo Domingo, 42 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), 119 km.
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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 Matanzas, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, too small	4 ft11 ssoft	318kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 1 knot	17°C
Mon 19Oct	34, too small	5 ft14 ssoft	701kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots, offshore	17°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	6 ft12 smushy	750kJ	wind from the north, 12 knots	16°C
Wed 21Oct	24, poor	6 ft6 smushy	247kJ	wind from the north, 8 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	5 ft10 smushy	438kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	5 ft9 smushy	310kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots	14°C
Sat 24Oct	24, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	247kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots, offshore	14°C
Sun 25Oct	12, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	161kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	13, too small	4 ft5 smushy	79kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	17°C
Tue 27Oct	19, too small	3 ft12 ssoft	294kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	15°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to SCL, changing at ATL, then 2h 20 by road. About 21h door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to SCL, changing at ATL, then 2h 20 by road. About 21h door to door

Rough cost

About £785–£1,550 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 MDW to SCL, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£505–£1,045
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£60–£100
Food	7 days eating out	£130–£245
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£55–£95
Total		£785–£1,550

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

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