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Newlyn Harbour wall, UK

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Newlyn Harbour
Newlyn, the nearest town. Photo: Marktee1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Newlyn Harbour wall

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

The spot faces SE (129°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (309°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 65). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 10°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Newlyn, 0.5 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to NQY, changing at DUB.

    See flights ORD → NQY · Skyscanner from about £380 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 15 from the airport to Newlyn Harbour wall.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Newlyn · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Newlyn · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

Newlyn Harbour wall does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct92 ft5 smushy18kJ12°C
Mon 19Oct82 ft12 smushy127kJ12°C
Tue 20Oct163 ft10 ssoft196kJ14°C
Wed 21Oct285 ft10 ssoft458kJ12°C
Thu 22Oct286 ft8 smushy433kJ14°C
Fri 23Oct356 ft10 ssoft738kJ11°C
Sat 24Oct136 ft9 ssoft465kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct194 ft9 ssoft239kJ13°C
Mon 26Oct167 ft9 ssoft655kJ14°C
Tue 27Oct64 ft8 ssoft159kJ14°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 NQY, changing at DUB, then 1h 15 by road. About 16h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Newlyn Harbour wall

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Newlyn Harbour wall

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Newlyn Harbour wall

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to NQY, changing at DUB, then 1h 15 by road. About 16h 50 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,110–£2,070 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 NQY, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£380–£795
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£250–£420
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£100–£170
Total£1,110–£2,070

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

Places to eat near Newlyn

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