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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.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to EAS, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → EAS · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Orrua, Rocca Puta.

  3. Accommodation.

    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.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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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 Orrua, Rocca Puta, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct7, too small1 ft8 shollow16kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots12°C
Tue 20Oct17, too small2 ft12 shollow134kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots15°C
Wed 21Oct18, poor6 ft8 smushy496kJwind from the west-north-west, 10 knots14°C
Thu 22Oct55, good6 ft9 scrumbling515kJwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots, offshore18°C
Fri 23Oct24, poor10 ft10 smushy1,661kJwind from the west, 12 knots15°C
Sat 24Oct46, fair7 ft9 scrumbling728kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots15°C
Sun 25Oct33, poor8 ft9 smushy860kJwind from the west-north-west, 10 knots18°C
Mon 26Oct43, fair5 ft9 scrumbling379kJwind from the south, 0 knots, offshore19°C
Tue 27Oct24, too small4 ft9 shollow192kJwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots20°C
Wed 28Oct0, poor––––

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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to EAS, changing at MAD, then 1h by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Orrua, Rocca Puta

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Orrua, Rocca Puta

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Surf Orrua, Rocca Puta

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).

  7. Mon 26 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
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to EAS, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£855
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£80–£130
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 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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