Boca do rio, Portugal

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Vila do Bispo, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PRM (PRM), 22 km.

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About Boca do rio

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

The spot faces S (168°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (348°). 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 February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Vila do Bispo, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PRM (PRM), 22 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 10 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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Getting there. 3 h 40 from the airport to Boca do rio.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Vila do Bispo, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PRM (PRM), 22 km.
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Forecast

Boca do rio does not suit beginners. 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 Boca do rio, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	28, too small	5 ft8 shollow	305kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	12, too small	2 ft11 shollow	128kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots, offshore	22°C
Tue 20Oct	27, too small	4 ft12 shollow	337kJ	wind from the north-west, 8 knots, offshore	20°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	3 ft10 shollow	192kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	21°C
Thu 22Oct	35, too small	5 ft9 shollow	350kJ	wind from the north-west, 8 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	33, too small	5 ft9 shollow	356kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knots, offshore	22°C
Sat 24Oct	41, fair	6 ft9 shollow	439kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots, offshore	18°C
Sun 25Oct	28, too small	4 ft9 shollow	265kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	22°C
Mon 26Oct	32, too small	5 ft9 shollow	350kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	22, too small	4 ft8 shollow	183kJ	wind from the south-east, 1 knot	26°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 3h 40 by road. About 16h 10 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Boca do rio
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Boca do rio
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 3h 40 by road. About 16h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £730–£1,420 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
Hire car	6 days, shared	£75–£130
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£70–£115
Total		£730–£1,420

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

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