Chaika, Russian Federation

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Blagoveshchenskaya, is 287 km away.

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About Chaika

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

The spot faces SW (226°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (46°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–5 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 10°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually February and December, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Blagoveshchenskaya, is 287 km away.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to AER, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST). About 13 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Chaika.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Blagoveshchenskaya, is 287 km away.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Chaika, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, poor	2 ft4 smushy	14kJ	wind from the north-west, 11 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	8 ft8 shollow	693kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	32, poor	4 ft6 shollow	89kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	14, poor	2 ft5 shollow	15kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	2, too small	1 ft4 shollow	1kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too small	under 1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	1, too small	1 ft3 s	1kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	4, poor	1 ft2 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north-west, 2 knots	22°C
Mon 26Oct	10, poor	1 ft4 shollow	7kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	23°C
Tue 27Oct	9, poor	1 ft3 shollow	3kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	22°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to AER, changing at IST, then 25 min by road. About 20h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Chaika
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: under 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to AER, changing at IST, then 25 min by road. About 20h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £805–£1,600 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 AER, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£535–£1,115
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£15–£25
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£805–£1,600

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

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