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Caolho, Brazil

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Also within 20 km of São Luís

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Por do sol sobre o mar do maranhão
Caolho. Photo: Francesco Lino dos Santos Fochesato, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Caolho

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

The spot faces N (358°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (178°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–5 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.6 km out (1 in 256). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually March and April, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is São Luís, 8.5 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → SLZ · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Caolho.

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct52 ft5 smushy9kJ32°C
Mon 19Oct31 ft5 smushy6kJ31°C
Tue 20Oct31 ft5 smushy9kJ32°C
Wed 21Oct31 ft6 smushy10kJ32°C
Thu 22Oct31 ft6 smushy12kJ32°C
Fri 23Oct41 ft6 smushy10kJ32°C
Sat 24Oct51 ft6 smushy9kJ30°C
Sun 25Oct31 ft5 smushy6kJ30°C
Mon 26Oct31 ft4 smushy5kJ31°C
Tue 27Oct31 ft4 smushy4kJ31°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

    Fly ORD to SLZ, changing at GRU, then 30 min by road. About 22h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 6 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 4 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 6 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 8 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 8 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SLZ, changing at GRU, then 30 min by road. About 22h 15 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near São Luís each day: Caolho, Olho da Agua, Ponta da Aeria, Sao Marcos.

The trip from São Luís, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £760–£1,450 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 SLZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£845
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£20–£35
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£760–£1,450

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

Places to eat near São Luís

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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