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Three cliffs, UK

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Beautiful Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Peninsula Wales
Three cliffs. Photo: Keith Lawson 11, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Three cliffs

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

The spot faces S (168°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (348°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 145). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Oxwich, 4 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CWL, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → CWL · Skyscanner from about £385 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Three cliffs.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Oxwich · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Oxwich · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct62 ft8 smushy30kJ13°C
Mon 19Oct21 ft10 ssoft16kJ13°C
Tue 20Oct132 ft10 ssoft89kJ12°C
Wed 21Oct116 ft9 ssoft434kJ10°C
Thu 22Oct407 ft7 smushy412kJ13°C
Fri 23Oct438 ft10 ssoft1,218kJ10°C
Sat 24Oct125 ft8 smushy333kJ13°C
Sun 25Oct32 ft10 ssoft75kJ12°C
Mon 26Oct207 ft7 smushy513kJ13°C
Tue 27Oct32 ft12 ssoft92kJ13°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to CWL, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 16h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Oxwich

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Oxwich

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 25 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to CWL, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 16h 45 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Oxwich each day: Oxwich, Three cliffs.

The trip from Oxwich, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,115–£2,075 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 CWL, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£385–£800
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
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£1,115–£2,075

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

Places to eat near Oxwich

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