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.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to BRO, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
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Getting there. 50 min from the airport to playa bagdad.
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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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Forecast

playa bagdad does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at playa bagdad, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	29, poor	4 ft6 smushy	86kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	27, poor	4 ft6 smushy	74kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	43, fair	3 ft5 smushy	64kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	32, poor	3 ft5 smushy	49kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	21, too small	3 ft4 smushy	23kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	27, poor	4 ft5 smushy	70kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	32, poor	4 ft5 smushy	99kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	39, fair	5 ft6 smushy	150kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	34, poor	5 ft6 smushy	159kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots	26°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to BRO, changing at DFW, then 50 min by road. About 9h 10 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Surf playa bagdad
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 25 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.
Mon 26 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
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return MDW to BRO, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£175–£365
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 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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