Swimming Pools, United States

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kapalaoa, 39 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MUE (MUE), 29 km.

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About Swimming Pools

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

The spot faces NE (32°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (212°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 23). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 24°C in March, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April and October, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kapalaoa, 39 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MUE (MUE), 29 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 12 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to KOA, direct.
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Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Swimming Pools.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Kapalaoa, 39 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MUE (MUE), 29 km.
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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 Swimming Pools, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	15, poor	4 ft8 smushy	176kJ	wind from the east, 22 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	9, poor	5 ft7 smushy	165kJ	wind from the east, 23 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	12, poor	5 ft7 smushy	177kJ	wind from the east, 22 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	11, poor	5 ft7 smushy	205kJ	wind from the east, 17 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	18, poor	4 ft6 smushy	130kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	19, poor	4 ft6 smushy	94kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	12, too small	2 ft7 smushy	53kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	9, too small	3 ft6 smushy	42kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	8, poor	3 ft6 smushy	50kJ	wind from the east, 19 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	12, too small	3 ft6 smushy	48kJ	wind from the east, 13 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 Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to KOA, then 1h 25 by road. About 12h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 11 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to KOA, then 1h 25 by road. About 12h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £940–£1,790 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 ORD to KOA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag	£415–£865
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£115–£190
Food	7 days eating out	£260–£480
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£115–£190
Total		£940–£1,790

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

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