Lopes Mendes, Brazil

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Angra dos Reis, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), 98 km.

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About Lopes Mendes

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

The spot faces SW (215°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (35°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). 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 28°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best month is usually May, with about 2 good days in 7; in October, November and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Angra dos Reis, 26 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), 98 km.

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 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), direct.
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Getting there. 4 h 30 from the airport to Lopes Mendes.
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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 Lopes Mendes, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	46, fair	4 ft8 shollow	205kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots, offshore	22°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 smushy	657kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	47, fair	5 ft7 smushy	300kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	56, good	4 ft8 smushy	206kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore	22°C
Thu 22Oct	51, good	4 ft8 shollow	177kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	56, good	3 ft8 shollow	151kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots, offshore	24°C
Sat 24Oct	27, too small	3 ft7 shollow	65kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	25°C
Sun 25Oct	52, good	4 ft6 smushy	105kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots, offshore	26°C
Mon 26Oct	16, poor	4 ft5 smushy	69kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 smushy	1,186kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	22°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 GRU, then 4h 30 by road. About 19h 50 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Lopes Mendes
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Lopes Mendes
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Lopes Mendes
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Lopes Mendes
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Lopes Mendes
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to GRU, then 4h 30 by road. About 19h 50 door to door

Rough cost

About £760–£1,495 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 GRU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag	£500–£1,035
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		£760–£1,495

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

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