Cardozo, Brazil

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Laguna, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 108 km.

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About Cardozo

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

The spot faces S (178°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (358°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 17°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 25°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, April, May and June, with about 2 good days in 7; in September and October, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Laguna, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 108 km. Within 5 km we also list 4 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 21 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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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Getting there. 2 h 10 from the airport to Cardozo.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Laguna, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 108 km.
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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 Cardozo, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	20, poor	7 ft8 smushy	534kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	31, poor	6 ft8 shollow	365kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	17°C
Wed 21Oct	33, too small	5 ft8 shollow	317kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	21, too small	4 ft9 shollow	232kJ	wind from the north-east, 15 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	24, too small	3 ft8 shollow	148kJ	wind from the north-east, 19 knots, offshore	20°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	4 ft7 shollow	156kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	19°C
Sun 25Oct	30, poor	8 ft7 shollow	538kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	20°C
Mon 26Oct	12, poor	11 ft9 smushy	1,524kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 22 knots	18°C
Tue 27Oct	38, fair	6 ft8 shollow	327kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	18°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 2h 10 by road. About 21h 30 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Cardozo
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Cardozo
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 8 ft at 7 s, wind 7 kn (14 km/h).
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 2h 10 by road. About 21h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £775–£1,530 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 FLN, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£515–£1,070
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£50–£85
Food	7 days eating out	£120–£220
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£55–£90
Total		£775–£1,530

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

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