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Pico Madrid, Spain

Stay in Guardamar del Segura: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

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Alicante, the wider area. Photo: Moisés Pastor, CC BY-SA 3.0 es, Wikimedia Commons

About Pico Madrid

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

The spot faces E (108°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (288°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.3 km out (1 in 132). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, February, September and October, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Guardamar del Segura, 1.4 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → ALC · Skyscanner from about £430 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Pico Madrid.

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  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Guardamar del Segura · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Guardamar del Segura · GetYourGuideAd

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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 18Oct61 ft4 smushy2kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct413 ft4 smushy31kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct91 ft4 smushy3kJ24°C
Wed 21Oct111 ft5 smushy4kJ24°C
Thu 22Oct81 ft3 smushy1kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct4under 1 ft3 s0kJ24°C
Sat 24Oct202 ft4 smushy7kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct4under 1 ft4 s1kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct61 ft3 smushy2kJ24°C
Tue 27Oct3under 1 ft6 s1kJ22°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 ALC, changing at MAD, then 45 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to ALC, changing at MAD, then 45 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

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Rough cost

About £940–£1,795 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 ALC, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£430–£895
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£940–£1,795

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

Places to eat near Guardamar del Segura

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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