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Lunada Bay, United States

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Lunada Bay. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Lunada Bay

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

The spot faces W (250°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (70°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually January, with about 3 good days in 7; in August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Redondo Beach, 8.6 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 11 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 6 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Lunada Bay.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct453 ft13 shollow220kJ24°C
Mon 19Oct513 ft11 shollow210kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct453 ft12 shollow221kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct403 ft11 shollow163kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct302 ft10 shollow93kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct494 ft5 smushy73kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct272 ft5 shollow29kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct222 ft12 shollow55kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct91 ft11 shollow34kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct313 ft4 smushy31kJ18°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight MDW to LAX, then 40 min by road. About 6h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Wallys

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Wallys

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Lunada Bay

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight MDW to LAX, then 40 min by road. About 6h 45 door to door

The plan picks the best of 15 spots near Redondo Beach each day: Avalanche, Burnout, Dominators, Exiles, Haggarty's, Indicator, Lunada Bay, Malaga Cove, Palos Verde - Bluff Cove, Pipes & Turbos, Rat Beach, Redondo Beach, Redondo - The Breakwater, Soup Bowls, Wallys.

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Rough cost

About £930–£1,695 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 LAX, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£215–£450
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£55
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£930–£1,695

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

Places to eat near Redondo Beach

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