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Munielles, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 8 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 3 km.

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About Munielles

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

The spot faces N (9°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (189°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 30). 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 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually December, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 8 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 3 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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 16 h 55 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. 25 min from the airport to Munielles.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 8 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 3 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Surf spot

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Forecast

Munielles does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Munielles, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct37, fair4 ft6 smushy87kJwind from the east, 9 knots16°C
Mon 19Oct29, too small3 ft11 shollow144kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots15°C
Tue 20Oct51, good5 ft11 scrumbling514kJwind from the south, 4 knots, offshore16°C
Wed 21Oct0, too big10 ft8 ssoft1,166kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots15°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big9 ft9 ssoft1,158kJwind from the south-west, 5 knots19°C
Fri 23Oct0, too big15 ft10 ssoft4,330kJwind from the west-south-west, 8 knots16°C
Sat 24Oct0, too big8 ft9 scrumbling888kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots18°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big8 ft9 ssoft949kJwind from the west, 9 knots21°C
Mon 26Oct0, too big10 ft10 ssoft1,783kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot20°C
Tue 27Oct0, too big8 ft9 ssoft865kJwind from the south, 1 knot20°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

    Fly ORD to OVD, changing at DUB, then 25 min by road. About 16h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Munielles

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to OVD, changing at DUB, then 25 min by road. About 16h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £695–£1,370 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£15–£25
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£695–£1,370

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

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