Teniente, Chile

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Totoralillo, is 109 km away. Nearest airport: LSC (LSC), 129 km.

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About Teniente

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

The spot faces W (271°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (91°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 6). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 13°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Totoralillo, is 109 km away. Nearest airport: LSC (LSC), 129 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 24 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to LSC, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL).
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Getting there. 2 h 35 from the airport to Teniente.
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Accommodation.
No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Totoralillo, is 109 km away. Nearest airport: LSC (LSC), 129 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Teniente, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	21, too small	4 ft11 shollow	372kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	18°C
Mon 19Oct	45, fair	5 ft15 sslab	1,010kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	24, poor	6 ft12 shollow	990kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 13 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	39, fair	6 ft12 shollow	912kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	45, fair	6 ft11 shollow	714kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	28, too small	5 ft9 shollow	460kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots, offshore	16°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	5 ft10 shollow	385kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	17°C
Sun 25Oct	13, too small	4 ft11 shollow	274kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	11, too small	4 ft5 shollow	101kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	19°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	4 ft12 shollow	383kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	17°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to LSC, changing at ATL and SCL, then 2h 35 by road. About 24h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Teniente
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 6 ft at 12 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Teniente
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 6 ft at 12 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Teniente
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Teniente
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to LSC, changing at ATL and SCL, then 2h 35 by road. About 24h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £765–£1,510 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 LSC, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL and SCL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£485–£1,005
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£60–£100
Food	7 days eating out	£130–£245
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£55–£95
Total		£765–£1,510

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

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