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La Puntilla, Spain

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Playa de la Puntilla con el espigón de fondo en bajamar (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz)
La Puntilla. Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada, CC BY-SA 2.5 es, Wikimedia Commons

About La Puntilla

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

The spot faces SW (230°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (50°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 4.2 km out (1 in 417). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 24°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is El Puerto de Santa María, 2.2 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

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 17 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to XRY, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → XRY · Skyscanner from about £415 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to La Puntilla.

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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

La Puntilla does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct82 ft5 smushy16kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct41 ft6 smushy8kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct41 ft3 smushy2kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct72 ft4 smushy7kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct41 ft3 smushy3kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct62 ft4 smushy7kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct82 ft4 smushy10kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct51 ft4 smushy3kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct61 ft4 smushy4kJ26°C
Tue 27Oct51 ft3 smushy2kJ26°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

    Fly ORD to XRY, changing at MAD, then 45 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to XRY, changing at MAD, then 45 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near El Puerto de Santa María each day: El Buzo, La Puntilla, Las Redes.

The trip from El Puerto de Santa María, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £925–£1,765 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 ORD to XRY, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£415–£865
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£40–£70
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£185–£310
Food7 days eating out£175–£330
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£75–£125
Total£925–£1,765

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

Places to eat near El Puerto de Santa María

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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