Potima Point, Cyprus

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Paphos, 8 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PFO (PFO), 17 km.

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About Potima Point

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

The spot faces SW (234°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (54°). 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 400 m out (1 in 39). 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 July, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Paphos, 8 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PFO (PFO), 17 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 5 dive sites.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PFO, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).
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Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Potima Point.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Paphos, 8 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PFO (PFO), 17 km.
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Forecast

Potima Point 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Potima Point, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	35, poor	4 ft5 smushy	75kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	40, fair	3 ft5 smushy	39kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots, offshore	22°C
Wed 21Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	24°C
Thu 22Oct	8, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	5, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	2, too small	under 1 ft2 s	0kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore	30°C
Sun 25Oct	7, too small	1 ft6 smushy	5kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	25°C
Mon 26Oct	13, too small	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	23°C
Tue 27Oct	15, too small	1 ft4 smushy	6kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	25°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to PFO, changing at AMS, then 35 min by road. About 20h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: under 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to PFO, changing at AMS, then 35 min by road. About 20h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £840–£1,660 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
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to PFO, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£555–£1,155
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£30–£45
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£840–£1,660

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

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