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Valentinos, Mexico

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About Valentinos

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

The spot faces SW (216°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (36°). 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 very gently: 10 m deep about 1.7 km out (1 in 169). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 22°C in March, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 30°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually August and September, with about 5 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Mazatlán, 1.4 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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

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From Chicago: about 11 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to MZT, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

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  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Valentinos.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Valentinos 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 18Oct344 ft13 ssoft656kJ33°C
Mon 19Oct524 ft9 ssoft211kJ32°C
Tue 20Oct624 ft10 ssoft325kJ33°C
Wed 21Oct604 ft11 ssoft309kJ33°C
Thu 22Oct604 ft11 ssoft311kJ32°C
Fri 23Oct623 ft12 ssoft290kJ30°C
Sat 24Oct473 ft11 ssoft190kJ29°C
Sun 25Oct574 ft10 ssoft240kJ31°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft11 ssoft999kJ31°C
Tue 27Oct376 ft10 ssoft517kJ29°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 MDW to MZT, changing at DFW, then 40 min by road. About 11h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Stone Island

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Valentinos

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Valentinos

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Valentinos

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Valentinos

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MZT, changing at DFW, then 40 min by road. About 11h 40 door to door

The plan picks the best of 7 spots near Mazatlán each day: El Camaron, El Quijote, Las Flores, Los pinos, Olas altas, Stone Island, Valentinos.

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Rough cost

About £655–£1,215 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 MZT, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£210–£440
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£160–£265
Food7 days eating out£150–£280
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£655–£1,215

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

Places to eat near Mazatlán

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