Punta Sur, Colombia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: San Luis, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ADZ (ADZ), 12 km.

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About Punta Sur

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

The spot faces S (182°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (2°). It is sheltered 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 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 27°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in October, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: San Luis, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ADZ (ADZ), 12 km. Within 5 km we also list 12 dive sites.

Water about 30°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 13 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Punta Sur.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: San Luis, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ADZ (ADZ), 12 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Punta Sur, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	40, fair	4 ft6 shollow	86kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	25, too small	3 ft5 shollow	39kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	3 ft5 shollow	38kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	32, too small	3 ft5 shollow	38kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	23, too small	2 ft4 shollow	20kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 shollow	16kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	2 ft3 shollow	5kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	13, too small	1 ft5 shollow	10kJ	wind from the north, 12 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 26Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 shollow	16kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 27Oct	13, too small	1 ft5 shollow	8kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 8 knots, offshore	28°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 ADZ, changing at PTY, then 30 min by road. About 13h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Punta Sur
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to ADZ, changing at PTY, then 30 min by road. About 13h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £515–£1,000 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 ADZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at PTY, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£240–£505
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£20–£35
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£515–£1,000

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

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