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Furadouro, Portugal

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Furadouro - Portugal
Furadouro. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Furadouro

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

The spot faces W (279°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (99°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 137). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, September and November, with about 2 good days in 7; in July, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Furadouro, 0.4 km away (about 5 min by car).

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 16 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO), changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

    See flights ORD → OPO · Skyscanner from about £395 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h 05 from the airport to Furadouro.

  3. Accommodation.

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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 Furadouro, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct13, too small4 ft7 smushy116kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots18°C
Mon 19Oct10, too small2 ft8 smushy62kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore15°C
Tue 20Oct15, too small4 ft11 smushy332kJwind from the north-west, 10 knots15°C
Wed 21Oct19, too small4 ft9 ssoft257kJwind from the north, 12 knots15°C
Thu 22Oct43, fair6 ft9 ssoft556kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots15°C
Fri 23Oct22, poor8 ft9 smushy1,032kJwind from the north, 10 knots15°C
Sat 24Oct39, fair6 ft9 smushy572kJwind from the north-north-west, 7 knots14°C
Sun 25Oct51, good6 ft9 ssoft583kJwind from the south-south-west, 8 knots16°C
Mon 26Oct39, fair6 ft9 ssoft495kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots16°C
Tue 27Oct27, too small5 ft9 ssoft306kJwind from the south, 10 knots17°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 OPO, changing at JFK, then 1h 05 by road. About 16h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Furadouro

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Furadouro

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to OPO, changing at JFK, then 1h 05 by road. About 16h 55 door to door

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Rough cost

About £885–£1,670 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OPO, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£395–£815
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£885–£1,670

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

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