Almoxarife, Portugal

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Horta, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HOR (HOR), 10 km.

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About Almoxarife

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

The spot faces NE (64°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (244°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 16°C in March, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 24°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Horta, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HOR (HOR), 10 km.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to HOR, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS). About 4 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Almoxarife.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Horta, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HOR (HOR), 10 km.
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Forecast

Almoxarife does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Almoxarife, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	46, fair	6 ft11 shollow	947kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	32, too small	5 ft10 shollow	476kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	6, too small	4 ft6 smushy	96kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	33, too small	5 ft8 shollow	265kJ	wind from the south, 0 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	27, too small	4 ft9 shollow	277kJ	wind from the west, 2 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	22, too small	4 ft8 shollow	170kJ	wind from the south-west, 1 knot, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	23, too small	3 ft9 shollow	166kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots, offshore	21°C
Sun 25Oct	10, too small	2 ft9 shollow	58kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 26Oct	13, too small	3 ft8 shollow	104kJ	wind from the south-west, 12 knots, offshore	22°C
Tue 27Oct	17, too small	5 ft8 shollow	311kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	19°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 ORD to HOR, changing at LIS, then 30 min by road. About 18h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to HOR, changing at LIS, then 30 min by road. About 18h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £595–£1,160 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 HOR, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£325–£670
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£15–£30
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£70–£115
Total		£595–£1,160

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

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