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Patarra beach, Türkiye

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Patara Beach
Patara Beach. Photo: William Neuheisel from DC, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Patarra beach

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

The spot faces SW (225°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (45°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, March, November and December, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Gelemiş, 2.1 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to DLM, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST). About 13 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → DLM · Skyscanner from about £535 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Patarra beach.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct472 ft5 smushy25kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct522 ft4 smushy13kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct291 ft4 smushy3kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct121 ft3 s0kJ24°C
Thu 22Oct131 ft3 smushy1kJ24°C
Fri 23Oct3under 1 ft2 s0kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct1under 1 ft4 s0kJ25°C
Sun 25Oct7under 1 ft2 s0kJ25°C
Mon 26Oct271 ft3 smushy2kJ23°C
Tue 27Oct171 ft4 smushy1kJ24°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 beginner surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to DLM, changing at IST, then 1h 30 by road. About 21h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Patarra beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 1 ft at 4 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to DLM, changing at IST, then 1h 30 by road. About 21h door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,025–£1,965 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 DLM, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£535–£1,110
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£1,025–£1,965

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

Places to eat near Gelemiş

  • INN PatarBurger · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Buse Gözleme EviTurkish · in the centre
  • Patara gözleme eviTurkish · in the centre
  • Arcadia Lounge Patara0.1 km from the centre
  • Kahvaltı BahçesiBreakfast and brunch · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Tlos Restaurant Bolulu Osman Usta’nın YeriTurkish · 0.1 km from the centre

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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