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Atalaia, Brazil

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Also within 20 km of Itajaí

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Atalaia. Photo: autosound, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Atalaia

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

The spot faces E (91°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (271°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 56). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually September, with about 4 good days in 7; in January, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Itajaí, 2 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → NVT · Skyscanner from about £510 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Atalaia.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in ItajaíAd

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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 18Oct262 ft9 scrumbling48kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct111 ft8 scrumbling18kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct111 ft8 smushy12kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct151 ft8 scrumbling23kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct202 ft4 smushy18kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct343 ft5 smushy48kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct212 ft5 smushy23kJ25°C
Sun 25Oct414 ft5 smushy68kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct273 ft4 smushy28kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct403 ft5 smushy38kJ21°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 NVT, changing at GRU, then 25 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Morcego

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 8 kn (16 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to NVT, changing at GRU, then 25 min by road. About 19h 40 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Itajaí each day: Atalaia, Morcego, Pracinha.

The trip from Itajaí, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £855–£1,655 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 NVT, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£510–£1,060
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
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£855–£1,655

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

Places to eat near Itajaí

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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