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Galheta, Brazil

Stay in Barra da Lagoa: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

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Monumento Natural Municipal da Galheta jaideraf (09)
Galheta. Photo: Jaideraf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Galheta

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

The spot faces SE (134°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (314°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 12). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 18°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 26°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 3 good days in 7; in September and October, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Barra da Lagoa, 1.9 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. 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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  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Galheta.

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct454 ft8 shollow188kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct514 ft8 shollow170kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct474 ft7 shollow142kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct523 ft8 shollow124kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct433 ft8 shollow110kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct283 ft5 shollow56kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct252 ft7 shollow49kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct494 ft5 shollow84kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct105 ft10 smushy396kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct574 ft9 shollow195kJ19°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

    Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 35 min by road. About 19h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Galheta

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Joaquina

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Mocambique

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Mocambique

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Joaquina

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 6 kn (10 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 35 min by road. About 19h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near Barra da Lagoa each day: Barra da Lagoa, Boca da Barra, Galheta, Joaquina, Mocambique, Praia Mole.

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Rough cost

About £870–£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 FLN, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£515–£1,070
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£25–£45
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£870–£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 Barra da Lagoa

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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