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Manorbier, UK

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Manorbier Beach
Manorbier. Photo: Pam Goodey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Manorbier

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

The spot faces S (191°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (11°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–13 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 34). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Manorbier, 0.4 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dublin Airport (DUB), direct. About 26 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → DUB · Skyscanner from about £370 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 4 h 10 from the airport to Manorbier.

  3. Accommodation.

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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 Manorbier, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct9, too small2 ft8 smushy32kJwind from the north-east, 10 knots, offshore13°C
Mon 19Oct3, too small1 ft14 shollow60kJwind from the east-south-east, 18 knots14°C
Tue 20Oct14, too small3 ft10 scrumbling109kJwind from the south, 3 knots13°C
Wed 21Oct11, too small5 ft9 scrumbling405kJwind from the west, 23 knots12°C
Thu 22Oct21, poor7 ft7 smushy526kJwind from the west-south-west, 11 knots14°C
Fri 23Oct23, poor7 ft10 scrumbling953kJwind from the west-north-west, 31 knots11°C
Sat 24Oct9, too small5 ft9 smushy336kJwind from the west, 11 knots14°C
Sun 25Oct5, too small3 ft7 smushy76kJwind from the west-north-west, 19 knots14°C
Mon 26Oct12, poor7 ft9 smushy594kJwind from the west-south-west, 18 knots15°C
Tue 27Oct4, too small3 ft12 smushy231kJwind from the west-south-west, 26 knots14°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 ORD to DUB, then 4h 10 by road. About 15h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 4h 10 by road. About 15h 55 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,100–£2,045 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to DUB, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£370–£770
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£250–£420
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£100–£170
Total£1,100–£2,045

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

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