Santa Cruz, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: San Blas, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TPQ (TPQ), 37 km.

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About Santa Cruz

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

The spot faces W (289°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (109°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves 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 25°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, May, July and August, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: San Blas, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TPQ (TPQ), 37 km.

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

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From Chicago: about 9 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PVR, direct.
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Getting there. 1 h 45 from the airport to Santa Cruz.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: San Blas, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TPQ (TPQ), 37 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Santa Cruz, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	29, too small	4 ft11 shollow	396kJ	wind from the west, 1 knot	31°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft6 shollow	86kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	30°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	3 ft11 shollow	159kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	30°C
Wed 21Oct	13, too small	2 ft11 shollow	147kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot	31°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	2 ft12 shollow	155kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 1 knot	31°C
Fri 23Oct	13, too small	2 ft12 shollow	112kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 1 knot	30°C
Sat 24Oct	10, too small	2 ft12 shollow	71kJ	wind from the west, 2 knots	29°C
Sun 25Oct	11, too small	2 ft11 shollow	87kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	27°C
Mon 26Oct	20, too small	3 ft10 shollow	225kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 1 knot	28°C
Tue 27Oct	21, too small	4 ft9 shollow	207kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots	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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to PVR, then 1h 45 by road. About 9h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
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
Direct flight ORD to PVR, then 1h 45 by road. About 9h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £540–£1,020 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 PVR, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£220–£455
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£540–£1,020

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

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