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Palya de Garcey, Spain

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Puerto del Rosario - Calle Primero De Mayo 03 ies
Puerto del Rosario, the nearest town, 35 km away. Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Palya de Garcey

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

The spot faces NW (304°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (124°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 7). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 19°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually November and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Puerto del Rosario.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

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

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Palya de Garcey.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Nearest beds: Puerto del Rosario, 35 km (about 1h 05 by car)Ad

    No town with beds to book is nearer Palya de Garcey: plan on the drive each day you surf.

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

    Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

    See all places to stay in Puerto del Rosario, 35 km away on Booking.com →

    Closest towns to stay in

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Puerto del Rosario · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Puerto del Rosario · GetYourGuideAd

Everything else for the trip

Where it is

Palya de Garcey on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct223 ft10 smushy190kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct86 ft8 smushy323kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct386 ft8 shollow376kJ23°C
Wed 21Oct513 ft6 shollow77kJ24°C
Thu 22Oct343 ft5 shollow50kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct444 ft9 shollow231kJ25°C
Sat 24Oct354 ft10 shollow301kJ23°C
Sun 25Oct304 ft9 shollow231kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct403 ft11 shollow192kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct423 ft10 shollow194kJ23°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 FUE, changing at MAD, then 55 min by road. About 19h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Palya de Garcey

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Palya de Garcey

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Palya de Garcey

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Palya de Garcey

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Palya de Garcey

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FUE, changing at MAD, then 55 min by road. About 19h 15 door to door

The trip from Puerto del Rosario, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £960–£1,815 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 FUE, 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
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£960–£1,815

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

Places to eat near Puerto del Rosario

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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Getting thereAd

Flights · Skyscanner Car hire · Discover Cars

Where to stayAd

Nearest beds: Puerto del Rosario, 35 km (about 1h 05 by car) · Booking.com

In the waterAd

Surf lessons · GetYourGuide Board and wetsuit hire · GetYourGuide

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