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Urirama, Aruba

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Noord, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AUA (AUA), 10 km.

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About Urirama

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

The spot faces NE (46°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (226°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 3). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Noord, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AUA (AUA), 10 km. Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 7 dive sites.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 9 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to AUA, direct.

    See flights ORD → AUA · Skyscanner from about £260 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Urirama.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Noord, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: AUA (AUA), 10 km.

  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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Urirama, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct5, too small2 ft5 smushy24kJwind from the east, 17 knots29°C
Mon 19Oct4, too small2 ft5 smushy12kJwind from the east, 16 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct5, too small2 ft4 smushy14kJwind from the east, 15 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct7, too small3 ft4 smushy29kJwind from the east, 16 knots29°C
Thu 22Oct15, too small2 ft4 shollow21kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct7, too small3 ft5 smushy32kJwind from the east, 15 knots30°C
Sat 24Oct13, poor3 ft5 smushy50kJwind from the east-south-east, 15 knots30°C
Sun 25Oct17, too small3 ft5 smushy29kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots30°C
Mon 26Oct28, too small2 ft5 shollow17kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots30°C
Tue 27Oct22, too small2 ft5 shollow14kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots28°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 ORD to AUA, then 30 min by road. About 9h 30 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 11 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 10 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to AUA, then 30 min by road. About 9h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £530–£1,035 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
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to AUA, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£260–£545
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£30
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£530–£1,035

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

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