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Soup Bowls, United States

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About Soup Bowls

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

The spot faces W (272°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (92°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 31). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Redondo Beach, 2.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 12 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

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 6 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Soup Bowls.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Forecast

Soup Bowls 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 18Oct372 ft13 shollow178kJ28°C
Mon 19Oct423 ft13 shollow206kJ27°C
Tue 20Oct393 ft12 shollow178kJ24°C
Wed 21Oct362 ft12 shollow139kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct242 ft9 scrumbling67kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct413 ft5 smushy56kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct232 ft5 smushy22kJ24°C
Sun 25Oct171 ft12 shollow39kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct131 ft11 shollow27kJ25°C
Tue 27Oct323 ft4 smushy24kJ26°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

    Direct flight MDW to LAX, then 35 min by road. About 6h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Wallys

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Dominators

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Avalanche

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to LAX, then 35 min by road. About 6h 40 door to door

The plan picks the best of 15 spots near Redondo Beach each day: Avalanche, Burnout, Dominators, Exiles, Haggarty's, Indicator, Lunada Bay, Malaga Cove, Palos Verde - Bluff Cove, Pipes & Turbos, Rat Beach, Redondo Beach, Redondo - The Breakwater, Soup Bowls, Wallys.

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Rough cost

About £920–£1,680 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 MDW to LAX, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£215–£450
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£25–£40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£920–£1,680

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

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