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skerrys, UK

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Pier Towers Withernsea
Withernsea, the nearest town. Photo: Keith D at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About skerrys

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

The spot faces NE (59°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (239°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 750 m out (1 in 75). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 15°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, October and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Withernsea, 0.4 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to HUY, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → HUY · Skyscanner from about £390 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to skerrys.

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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

skerrys 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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct72 ft10 smushy64kJ13°C
Mon 19Oct434 ft6 smushy83kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct72 ft6 smushy37kJ13°C
Wed 21Oct342 ft6 smushy32kJ12°C
Thu 22Oct222 ft4 smushy13kJ13°C
Fri 23Oct313 ft4 smushy27kJ11°C
Sat 24Oct503 ft5 smushy59kJ11°C
Sun 25Oct61 ft5 smushy6kJ13°C
Mon 26Oct41 ft4 smushy1kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct102 ft5 smushy20kJ15°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 HUY, changing at AMS, then 50 min by road. About 17h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf skerrys

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 4 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf skerrys

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to HUY, changing at AMS, then 50 min by road. About 17h 20 door to door

The trip from Withernsea, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,070–£2,000 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to HUY, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£390–£810
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£55–£90
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£250–£420
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£100–£170
Total£1,070–£2,000

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

Places to eat near Withernsea

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