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Menton, Italy

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Plage des sablettes (Menton)
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About Menton

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

The spot faces SE (151°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (331°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 35). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Menton, 0.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

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 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → NCE · Skyscanner from about £440 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to Menton.

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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

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct41 ft4 smushy3kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct62 ft4 smushy9kJ23°C
Tue 20Oct353 ft6 smushy47kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct303 ft5 smushy54kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct283 ft5 smushy45kJ18°C
Fri 23Oct112 ft4 smushy7kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct333 ft5 smushy49kJ19°C
Sun 25Oct162 ft4 smushy10kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct353 ft5 smushy55kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct71 ft4 smushy2kJ20°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

    Fly ORD to NCE, changing at CDG, then 50 min by road. About 17h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Menton

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Menton

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Menton

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 1 kn (1 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Menton

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to NCE, changing at CDG, then 50 min by road. About 17h 50 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,060–£2,000 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 NCE, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£440–£915
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£45–£80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£245–£405
Food7 days eating out£230–£430
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£1,060–£2,000

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

Places to eat near Menton

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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