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Mundaka, Spain

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Also within 20 km of Mundaka

  • Playa Laida Surf spot · 1.4 km from Mundaka
  • Izaro Surf spot · 2.3 km from Mundaka
  • Laga Surf spot · 3.4 km from Mundaka
  • Bakio Surf spot · 9.2 km from Mundaka
  • La central Surf spot · 13.9 km from Mundaka

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Mundaka beach
Mundaka. Photo: Telle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Mundaka

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

The spot faces N (17°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (197°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits expert surfers. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 39). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For expert surfers the best months are usually February and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Mundaka, 0.4 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 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bilbao Airport (BIO), changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 6 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → BIO · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Mundaka, 33 km.

    By bus: Bizkaibus. Time from the operators and travel guides, checked by hand.

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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 18Oct144 ft5 smushy60kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct52 ft4 smushy8kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct162 ft12 scrumbling155kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct236 ft8 ssoft488kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct456 ft9 ssoft419kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct4210 ft10 ssoft1,649kJ15°C
Sat 24Oct366 ft9 ssoft519kJ16°C
Sun 25Oct266 ft10 ssoft552kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct556 ft10 ssoft680kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct335 ft9 ssoft301kJ19°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 BIO, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road (or about 2h 35 by bus, one change). About 17h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Izaro

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 9 ft at 9 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Playa Laida

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Laga

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 10 ft at 10 s, wind 13 kn (23 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Playa Laida

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 9 ft at 9 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BIO, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road (or about 2h 35 by bus, one change). About 17h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Mundaka each day: Izaro, Laga, Mundaka, Playa Laida.

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Rough cost

About £930–£1,765 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 BIO, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£850
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£50–£85
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£930–£1,765

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

Places to eat near Mundaka

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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