Azenhas do mar, Portugal

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Ericeira, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAT (CAT), 16 km.

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About Azenhas do mar

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

The spot faces W (288°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (108°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in June, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually January, with about 2 good days in 7; in July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Ericeira, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAT (CAT), 16 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 13 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Azenhas do mar, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	37, fair	7 ft8 scrumbling	582kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots	19°C
Mon 19Oct	26, too small	5 ft7 smushy	276kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	25, too small	5 ft11 shollow	563kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots	16°C
Wed 21Oct	21, too small	4 ft9 shollow	302kJ	wind from the north-west, 6 knots	17°C
Thu 22Oct	54, good	8 ft9 shollow	923kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	25, poor	8 ft9 scrumbling	983kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	19, poor	8 ft9 smushy	913kJ	wind from the north, 13 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	65, good	7 ft9 shollow	732kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	17°C
Mon 26Oct	58, good	7 ft8 smushy	536kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	17°C
Tue 27Oct	50, good	6 ft9 shollow	580kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	17°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
Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 50 min by road. About 13h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Azenhas do mar
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Azenhas do mar
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 11 kn (21 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 50 min by road. About 13h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £705–£1,375 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 LIS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag	£400–£830
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£50–£85
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£70–£115
Total		£705–£1,375

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

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