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playa bagdad, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Port Isabel, 28 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BRO (BRO), 29 km.

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About playa bagdad

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

The spot faces E (97°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (277°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.0 km out (1 in 303). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually January, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Port Isabel, 28 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BRO (BRO), 29 km.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 9 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to BRO, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

    See flights MDW → BRO · Skyscanner from about £175 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to playa bagdad.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Port Isabel, 28 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BRO (BRO), 29 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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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 playa bagdad, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct32, poor4 ft6 smushy135kJwind from the north, 14 knots24°C
Mon 19Oct29, poor4 ft6 smushy79kJwind from the north-north-east, 8 knots27°C
Tue 20Oct28, poor4 ft6 smushy80kJwind from the north-north-east, 11 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct46, fair4 ft6 smushy80kJwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots28°C
Thu 22Oct35, poor4 ft5 smushy67kJwind from the east, 8 knots27°C
Fri 23Oct25, too small3 ft5 smushy25kJwind from the east-south-east, 8 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct22, too small3 ft5 smushy33kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots28°C
Sun 25Oct32, poor4 ft6 smushy80kJwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots28°C
Mon 26Oct14, poor6 ft6 smushy209kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots26°C
Tue 27Oct41, fair4 ft6 smushy113kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots26°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 MDW to BRO, changing at DFW, then 50 min by road. About 9h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf playa bagdad

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf playa bagdad

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).

  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 23 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to BRO, changing at DFW, then 50 min by road. About 9h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £495–£930 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
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to BRO, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£175–£365
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Food7 days eating out£150–£280
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£495–£930

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

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