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Amado, Portugal

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Praia do Amado - IV
Amado. Photo: Filipe Rocha,user:sacavem (pt) http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio:Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Amado

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

The spot faces W (272°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (92°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 24). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 16°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, April and May, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Carrapateira, 2.1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), direct. About 4 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → LIS · Skyscanner from about £400 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h 55 from the airport to Amado, 260 km.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in CarrapateiraAd

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Carrapateira · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Carrapateira · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct607 ft8 smushy600kJ20°C
Mon 19Oct245 ft7 smushy205kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct255 ft12 shollow540kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct264 ft10 scrumbling325kJ18°C
Thu 22Oct477 ft9 scrumbling783kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct437 ft10 scrumbling782kJ18°C
Sat 24Oct268 ft9 scrumbling1,013kJ16°C
Sun 25Oct366 ft9 scrumbling645kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct517 ft9 scrumbling736kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct295 ft10 smushy546kJ17°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 3h 55 by road. About 16h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 5 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Amado

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 8 kn (16 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Carrapateira

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Amado

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 13 kn (23 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 3h 55 by road. About 16h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Carrapateira each day: Amado, Carrapateira.

The trip from Carrapateira, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £890–£1,685 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LIS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£400–£830
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£75–£130
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£160–£265
Food7 days eating out£150–£280
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£70–£115
Total£890–£1,685

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

Places to eat near Carrapateira

  • Restaurante CatoMediterranean · 0.7 km from the centre
  • Sítio do FornoPortuguese · 1.5 km from the centre
  • Restaurante do CabritaSeafood · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Quiosque do Zéin the centre
  • Alecrim - cozy Terrace0.1 km from the centre
  • Microbar Carrapateira0.1 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

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