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Plentzia, Spain

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Plentzia. Photo: Zarateman, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Plentzia

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

The spot faces W (292°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (112°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). 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 months are usually April, September and October, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Plentzia, 0 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 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 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bilbao Airport (BIO), changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 6 flights a week that month.

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

  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Plentzia.

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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 experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct174 ft5 shollow73kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct81 ft8 shollow18kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct273 ft12 shollow270kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct158 ft9 smushy925kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct627 ft9 shollow722kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct1414 ft11 smushy4,262kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct328 ft9 smushy836kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct219 ft9 smushy1,050kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct698 ft10 shollow1,226kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct446 ft9 shollow543kJ18°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BIO, changing at DUB, then 30 min by road. About 17h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 18 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Plentzia

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 14 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Plentzia

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BIO, changing at DUB, then 30 min by road. About 17h 10 door to door

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Rough cost

About £900–£1,715 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 BIO, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£850
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£20–£35
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£900–£1,715

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

Places to eat near Plentzia

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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