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Sugar Shack, United States

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Tybee Island Light Station
Tybee Island, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Timjarrett at English Wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Jbarta at…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sugar Shack

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

The spot faces E (110°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (290°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 5.6 km out (1 in 556). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually December, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tybee Island, 1.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 5 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to HHH, direct.

    See flights ORD → HHH · Skyscanner from about £140 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to Sugar Shack.

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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 18Oct224 ft8 smushy146kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct484 ft9 ssoft235kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct363 ft9 ssoft134kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct283 ft5 smushy32kJ22°C
Thu 22Oct233 ft6 smushy51kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct81 ft9 ssoft26kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct102 ft6 smushy37kJ18°C
Sun 25Oct264 ft8 ssoft177kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct285 ft8 smushy221kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct07 ft10 ssoft925kJ19°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

    Direct flight ORD to HHH, then 50 min by road. About 5h 05 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Sugar Shack

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Sugar Shack

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Sugar Shack

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 20 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to HHH, then 50 min by road. About 5h 05 door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near Tybee Island each day: Hidden Islands, Little Tybee, Sugar Shack, Tybee pier, Tybee Point, Tybee - South End Sand Bar.

The trip from Tybee Island, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £865–£1,560 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 HHH, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£140–£290
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£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£865–£1,560

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

Places to eat near Tybee Island

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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