Lagoa de Albufeira, Portugal

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Costa da Caparica, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAT (CAT), 28 km.

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About Lagoa de Albufeira

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

The spot faces W (263°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (83°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 15°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 19°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually January, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Costa da Caparica, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAT (CAT), 28 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 13 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to LIS, direct. About 4 flights a week that month.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Costa da Caparica, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAT (CAT), 28 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 Lagoa de Albufeira, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	32, poor	6 ft8 scrumbling	376kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	26°C
Mon 19Oct	44, fair	4 ft7 shollow	129kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore	23°C
Tue 20Oct	41, fair	5 ft11 shollow	504kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 7 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	55, good	4 ft9 shollow	247kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 shollow	664kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 1 knot	19°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 shollow	638kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 scrumbling	735kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	37, fair	5 ft9 shollow	467kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots	21°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 scrumbling	665kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots	20°C
Tue 27Oct	60, good	4 ft8 shollow	204kJ	wind from the west, 3 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
Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 50 min by road. About 13h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Lagoa de Albufeira
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Lagoa de Albufeira
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 50 min by road. About 13h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £730–£1,420 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 LIS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag	£400–£830
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£75–£130
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£70–£115
Total		£730–£1,420

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

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