Castelinho, Brazil

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Garopaba, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 66 km.

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About Castelinho

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

The spot faces SE (127°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (307°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 17°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 26°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Garopaba, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 66 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 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 20 h 50 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. 1 h 30 from the airport to Castelinho.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Garopaba, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 66 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Castelinho, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	23, poor	5 ft8 smushy	264kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	17°C
Mon 19Oct	27, poor	4 ft7 smushy	180kJ	wind from the south-west, 11 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	45, fair	4 ft7 smushy	161kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	17°C
Wed 21Oct	31, poor	3 ft7 smushy	118kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	3 ft8 smushy	105kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	3 ft8 scrumbling	83kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 24 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	21, too small	3 ft7 smushy	57kJ	wind from the south-west, 15 knots	21°C
Sun 25Oct	35, poor	4 ft6 smushy	103kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	31, poor	5 ft9 scrumbling	395kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	20°C
Tue 27Oct	38, fair	4 ft9 scrumbling	209kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	20°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 1h 30 by road. About 20h 50 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Castelinho
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Castelinho
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 1h 30 by road. About 20h 50 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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