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Flukies, United States

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Ocean City, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: JoshE3 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Flukies

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

The spot faces SE (134°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (314°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 5.9 km out (1 in 588). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 24°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually September, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ocean City, 3.5 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 13 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 5 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to PHL, direct.

    See flights MDW → PHL · Skyscanner from about £130 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 50 from the airport to Flukies.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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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 18Oct254 ft7 smushy147kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct426 ft6 smushy243kJ17°C
Tue 20Oct406 ft8 smushy431kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct456 ft8 smushy474kJ14°C
Thu 22Oct436 ft7 smushy353kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct143 ft7 smushy71kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct92 ft5 smushy17kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct132 ft5 smushy26kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct72 ft6 smushy20kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct112 ft8 smushy49kJ21°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

    Direct flight MDW to PHL, then 1h 50 by road. About 5h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Ocean City - 14th 15th St

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Flukies

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf 59th Street Pier

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to PHL, then 1h 50 by road. About 5h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 17 spots near Ocean City each day: 1st Street, 36th Street Jetty, 57th Street, 59th Street Pier, Dutches Wedge, Flukies, Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Longport), North St., Ocean City - 14th 15th St, Ocean City - 1st Catamaran, Ocean City - 37th St, Ocean City - 7th Street, Ocean City - 8th Ave Jetty, Ocean City - 8th Street, Rockies, TwentySevens, Waverly.

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Rough cost

About £925–£1,650 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 PHL, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£130–£270
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£115–£190
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£925–£1,650

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

Places to eat near Ocean City

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