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Juodkrante. Photo: Rimantas Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Juodkrante

Surf spot · Lithuania

Is it worth the trip?

10Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEtakes swell from the SE
  • Offshore: NWwind from the land
  • Beginner +who it suits
  • Works 5–20 ftof swell
  • Water 9 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual surf conditions at Juodkrante, each day of your trip
DaySwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 2to 8usually3 ft4 s20kJSW9°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Juodkrante

Glorious Morning
Photo: Šarūnas Burdulis from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Juodkrante

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.

The spot faces SE (137°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (317°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 16.7 km out (1 in 1667). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 4°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Klaipėda.

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,110–US$2,110 each

about US$1,110–US$2,110 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, board and wetsuit.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to PLQ, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$100–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$335
Food7 days eating outabout US$228–US$429
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$87–US$141
Totalabout US$1,110–US$2,110

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 2 towns

Closest

Klaipėda

34 min by car · 77 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 77 places to stay in Klaipėda · Booking.com

About Klaipėda its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest beds: Klaipėda, 20 km (about 35 min by car)

About US$74 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 40m

About 18h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → PLQ, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 1h 10m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.