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Arroio do Silva, Brazil

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About Arroio do Silva

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

The spot faces SE (133°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (313°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 54). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 25°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually June, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Balneário Arroio do Silva, 1.4 km away (about 5 min by car).

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 22 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FLN, changing at São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU).

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  2. Getting there. 3 h 15 from the airport to Arroio do Silva.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct08 ft8 ssoft696kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct06 ft7 smushy404kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct406 ft7 smushy307kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct385 ft8 smushy238kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct314 ft8 smushy166kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct394 ft5 smushy91kJ24°C
Sat 24Oct165 ft7 smushy194kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct144 ft6 smushy101kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft10 ssoft792kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct485 ft9 ssoft354kJ20°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 3h 15 by road. About 22h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Arroio do Silva

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 6 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Arroio do Silva

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Arroio do Silva

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 12 kn (21 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Arroio do Silva

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Arroio do Silva

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 3h 15 by road. About 22h 35 door to door

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Rough cost

About £895–£1,725 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 FLN, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£515–£1,070
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£50–£85
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£120–£195
Food7 days eating out£120–£220
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£55–£90
Total£895–£1,725

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

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