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Fiscais, Portugal

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Fiscais. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Fiscais

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

The spot faces N (349°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (169°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 68). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in June, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7; in February and March, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Peniche, 2.1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 12 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 14 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → LIS · Skyscanner from about £400 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Fiscais.

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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

Fiscais does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct45 ft8 smushy328kJ17°C
Mon 19Oct465 ft7 smushy175kJ16°C
Tue 20Oct345 ft11 smushy528kJ16°C
Wed 21Oct125 ft9 smushy337kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct08 ft9 ssoft1,021kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct09 ft9 smushy1,074kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct09 ft9 smushy1,124kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct07 ft9 smushy706kJ16°C
Mon 26Oct08 ft8 smushy749kJ15°C
Tue 27Oct75 ft10 smushy507kJ15°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 1h 30 by road. About 14h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Consolacao

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Molhe Leste

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 1h 30 by road. About 14h door to door

The plan picks the best of 13 spots near Peniche each day: Almagreira, Baía, Baleal, Baleal Sul, Cantinho da Baia, Consolacao, Fiscais, Lagide, Mini pipe, Molhe Leste, Porto Batel, Praia do Cerro, Supertubos.

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Rough cost

About £890–£1,685 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 LIS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£400–£830
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£75–£130
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£160–£265
Food7 days eating out£150–£280
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£70–£115
Total£890–£1,685

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

Places to eat near Peniche

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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