Porto Santo, Portugal

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Ilha de Porto Santo - Portugal
Porto Santo. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Porto Santo

Porto Santo is a town in Madeira, Portugal. From Porto Santo you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Porto Santo, a surf spot under 0.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 26 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is PXO, 2 km away.

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Staying in Porto Santo

  • 26 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: PXO, 2 km, FNC, 58 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Porto Santo.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you. The best of the spots that stay in Porto Santo each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

Surf spots within 20 km of Porto Santo: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Porto Santo0 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+7 ft487 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore, fair for experts5 ft242 kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots, too small for experts3 ft166 kJwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots, too small for experts5 ft426 kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, too small for experts5 ft375 kJwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots, too small for experts5 ft340 kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots, too small for experts5 ft449 kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, too small for experts
All readings for Porto Santo: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Porto Santo, each day
DayScorefor ExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct44, fair7 ft8 shollow487kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore21°C
Tue 20Oct26, too small5 ft7 shollow242kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots21°C
Wed 21Oct8, too small3 ft9 shollow166kJwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots22°C
Thu 22Oct26, too small5 ft9 shollow426kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots22°C
Fri 23Oct19, too small5 ft9 shollow375kJwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots21°C
Sat 24Oct16, too small5 ft9 shollow340kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots22°C
Sun 25Oct22, too small5 ft10 shollow449kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots21°C
Supertubes0.9 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+7 ft487 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore, fair for experts5 ft242 kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots, too small for experts3 ft166 kJwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots, too small for experts5 ft436 kJwind from the north-east, 10 knots, too small for experts5 ft375 kJwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots, too small for experts5 ft340 kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots, too small for experts5 ft449 kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, too small for experts
All readings for Supertubes: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Supertubes, each day
DayScorefor ExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct44, fair7 ft8 shollow487kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore21°C
Tue 20Oct26, too small5 ft7 shollow242kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots21°C
Wed 21Oct8, too small3 ft9 shollow166kJwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots22°C
Thu 22Oct24, too small5 ft9 sslab436kJwind from the north-east, 10 knots22°C
Fri 23Oct19, too small5 ft9 sslab375kJwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots21°C
Sat 24Oct16, too small5 ft9 shollow340kJwind from the north-east, 14 knots22°C
Sun 25Oct22, too small5 ft10 sslab449kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots21°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Porto Santo, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Porto Santo

  • Di LorenzoPizza · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Casa do Velho DragoeiroPortuguese · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Pé na ÁguaMediterranean · 0.9 km from the centre
  • La Siesta RestauranteGreek · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Apolo 140.2 km from the centre
  • Pizza N'AreiaPizza · 0.5 km from the centre

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