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San Antolin, Spain

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Playa de San Antolin
San Antolin. Photo: J.L. Maral, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About San Antolin

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

The spot faces N (4°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (184°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 72). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 13°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 22°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and September, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Llanes, 9.5 km away (about 20 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

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 18 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SDR, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

    See flights ORD → SDR · Skyscanner from about £405 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 45 from the airport to San Antolin.

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct414 ft5 smushy93kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct212 ft5 smushy18kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct583 ft12 ssoft295kJ14°C
Wed 21Oct08 ft8 smushy639kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct08 ft9 ssoft831kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct014 ft10 ssoft3,886kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct08 ft9 ssoft884kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct08 ft9 ssoft1,054kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct09 ft10 ssoft1,500kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct06 ft9 ssoft573kJ19°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 SDR, changing at DUB, then 1h 45 by road. About 18h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf San Antolin

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Playa de la Andrin

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Playa de la Andrin

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

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

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Playa de la Andrin

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SDR, changing at DUB, then 1h 45 by road. About 18h 20 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Llanes each day: Playa de la Andrin, San Antolin.

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Rough cost

About £955–£1,800 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 SDR, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£405–£840
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£80–£130
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£955–£1,800

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

Places to eat near Llanes

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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