Xivares, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 25 km.

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About Xivares

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

The spot faces N (11°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (191°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 32). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 13°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 September, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 25 km.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to OVD, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Xivares.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Avilés, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: OVD (OVD), 25 km.
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Forecast

Xivares 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Xivares, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	23, poor	4 ft6 smushy	90kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	16°C
Mon 19Oct	24, too small	2 ft6 smushy	32kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	62, good	4 ft11 scrumbling	408kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots, offshore	16°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	9 ft8 ssoft	1,052kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 9 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 ssoft	1,066kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	18°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	15 ft11 ssoft	4,499kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 ssoft	855kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 ssoft	1,025kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 16 knots	22°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 ssoft	1,604kJ	wind from the south-east, 1 knot	20°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 ssoft	781kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	24°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to OVD, changing at DUB, then 45 min by road. About 17h 15 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Xivares
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to OVD, changing at DUB, then 45 min by road. About 17h 15 door to door

Rough cost

About £725–£1,420 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
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to OVD, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£395–£825
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£45–£75
Food	7 days eating out	£175–£330
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£75–£125
Total		£725–£1,420

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

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