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Patos, Spain

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Playa de Patos
Patos. Photo: Octubre Rojo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Patos

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

The spot faces NW (328°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (148°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 5–18 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 71). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in June, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually September and December, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Baiona, 4.3 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → VGO · Skyscanner from about £390 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Patos.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in BaionaAd

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

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

  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

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Forecast

Patos does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct223 ft10 ssoft130kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct334 ft13 smushy417kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct575 ft11 ssoft506kJ16°C
Wed 21Oct07 ft8 ssoft642kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct07 ft9 ssoft648kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct010 ft10 smushy1,622kJ15°C
Sat 24Oct07 ft9 ssoft623kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct07 ft8 ssoft678kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft8 ssoft560kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct06 ft7 smushy372kJ17°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 VGO, changing at MAD, then 40 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Patos

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to VGO, changing at MAD, then 40 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Baiona each day: depuradora, Patos.

The trip from Baiona, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £890–£1,695 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 VGO, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£390–£810
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£55
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£890–£1,695

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

Places to eat near Baiona

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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