Itacoatiara, Brazil

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Niterói, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), 15 km.

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About Itacoatiara

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

The spot faces S (186°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (6°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 22°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 26°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually April, with about 4 good days in 7; in January and December, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Niterói, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), 15 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
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Forecast

Itacoatiara 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Itacoatiara, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	48, good	5 ft8 shollow	276kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore	25°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 shollow	772kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	33, poor	5 ft7 shollow	300kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	47, fair	5 ft8 shollow	228kJ	wind from the south, 1 knot	24°C
Thu 22Oct	57, good	4 ft8 shollow	203kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	59, good	4 ft8 shollow	172kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	32, too small	3 ft8 shollow	68kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	38, fair	3 ft6 shollow	68kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	23°C
Mon 26Oct	53, good	4 ft5 shollow	84kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 shollow	1,390kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	24°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 MDW to GIG, changing at ATL, then 50 min by road. About 19h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Itacoatiara
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Itacoatiara
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Itacoatiara
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Itacoatiara
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Itacoatiara
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to GIG, changing at ATL, then 50 min by road. About 19h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £765–£1,505 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 MDW to GIG, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£505–£1,045
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		£765–£1,505

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

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