Lester point, UK

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Lee, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 53 km.

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About Lester point

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

The spot faces N (347°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (167°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 18°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Lee, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 53 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CWL, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 7 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h 15 from the airport to Lester point.
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Accommodation.
No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Lee, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CWL (CWL), 53 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Lester point, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	2, too small	1 ft8 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	13°C
Mon 19Oct	7, too small	1 ft13 shollow	50kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots, offshore	13°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft10 shollow	67kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	6, too small	4 ft9 smushy	294kJ	wind from the west, 20 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	41, fair	5 ft8 shollow	276kJ	wind from the south, 13 knots, offshore	13°C
Fri 23Oct	8, poor	5 ft10 smushy	432kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 30 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	4 ft6 shollow	127kJ	wind from the south-west, 14 knots	13°C
Sun 25Oct	3, too small	2 ft10 shollow	73kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 16 knots	13°C
Mon 26Oct	14, poor	5 ft9 shollow	301kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 19 knots	15°C
Tue 27Oct	3, too small	1 ft11 shollow	29kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 25 knots	14°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 CWL, changing at DUB, then 1h 15 by road. About 16h 45 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 9 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Lester point
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CWL, changing at DUB, then 1h 15 by road. About 16h 45 door to door

Rough cost

About £865–£1,655 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 CWL, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£385–£800
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£105–£175
Food	7 days eating out	£240–£445
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£100–£170
Total		£865–£1,655

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

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