Revolcadero, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Acapulco, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ACA (ACA), 8 km.

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About Revolcadero

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

The spot faces S (194°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (14°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 28°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually November, with about 5 good days in 7; in May, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Acapulco, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ACA (ACA), 8 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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

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From Chicago: about 11 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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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 Revolcadero, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	38, fair	6 ft12 shollow	837kJ	wind from the north-west, 5 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	56, good	5 ft12 shollow	562kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	56, good	5 ft11 shollow	496kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	61, good	4 ft10 shollow	232kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	58, good	4 ft12 shollow	501kJ	wind from the north-west, 2 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	55, good	4 ft12 shollow	413kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	62, good	4 ft12 shollow	345kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 1 knot	29°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	6 ft8 scrumbling	431kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	29°C
Mon 26Oct	43, fair	5 ft7 smushy	240kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	30°C
Tue 27Oct	36, fair	3 ft9 shollow	133kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots	29°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 MDW to ACA, changing at DFW, then 30 min by road. About 11h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Revolcadero
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Revolcadero
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Revolcadero
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Revolcadero
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Revolcadero
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to ACA, changing at DFW, then 30 min by road. About 11h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £490–£945 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 MDW to ACA, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£225–£470
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£15–£25
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£490–£945

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

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