Orrua, Rocca Puta, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Zarautz, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: EAS (EAS), 37 km.

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About Orrua, Rocca Puta

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

The spot faces N (343°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (163°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 21). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. 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 intermediate surfers the best month is usually October, with about 3 good days in 7; in July and August, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Zarautz, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: EAS (EAS), 37 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 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 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to EAS, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Zarautz, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: EAS (EAS), 37 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Orrua, Rocca Puta, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	35, poor	3 ft5 smushy	50kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	13°C
Mon 19Oct	16, too small	1 ft6 smushy	12kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	45, fair	3 ft12 shollow	170kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	23, poor	5 ft7 smushy	214kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	14°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 scrumbling	486kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	10 ft10 smushy	1,963kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	14, poor	5 ft9 smushy	383kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 smushy	606kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 scrumbling	783kJ	wind from the south, 0 knots	19°C
Tue 27Oct	52, good	5 ft9 scrumbling	350kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots	20°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to EAS, changing at MAD, then 1h by road. About 17h 35 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Orrua, Rocca Puta
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Orrua, Rocca Puta
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Orrua, Rocca Puta
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to EAS, changing at MAD, then 1h by road. About 17h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £775–£1,505 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 ORD to EAS, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£410–£855
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£80–£130
Food	7 days eating out	£175–£330
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£75–£125
Total		£775–£1,505

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

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