La Bocana, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: La Crucecita, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list.

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About La Bocana

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

The spot faces SE (150°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (330°). 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 1.1 km out (1 in 114). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in May, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, April and July, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: La Crucecita, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list.

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

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From Chicago: about 12 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to HUX, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to La Bocana.
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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 La Bocana, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	40, fair	6 ft13 ssoft	879kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	35, too small	5 ft12 ssoft	537kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	30°C
Tue 20Oct	33, too small	4 ft12 ssoft	396kJ	wind from the west, 2 knots	31°C
Wed 21Oct	31, too small	4 ft12 ssoft	465kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots, offshore	31°C
Thu 22Oct	33, too small	4 ft12 ssoft	522kJ	wind from the west, 2 knots	31°C
Fri 23Oct	32, too small	4 ft12 ssoft	444kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	30°C
Sat 24Oct	31, too small	4 ft11 ssoft	331kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	30°C
Sun 25Oct	15, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	91kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	29°C
Mon 26Oct	13, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	66kJ	wind from the south-west, 2 knots	30°C
Tue 27Oct	14, too small	2 ft14 ssoft	148kJ	wind from the south-west, 1 knot	30°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 MDW to HUX, changing at DFW, then 45 min by road. About 12h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to HUX, changing at DFW, then 45 min by road. About 12h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £515–£985 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 MDW to HUX, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£225–£470
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£40–£65
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£515–£985

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

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