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Melides, Portugal

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Lagoa e praia de Melides
Melides. Photo: Epinheiro, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Melides

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

The spot faces W (277°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (97°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). 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 months are usually January, September, October and November, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Melides, 6.1 km away (about 15 min by car).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 14 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), direct. About 4 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → LIS · Skyscanner from about £400 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 40 from the airport to Melides.

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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 18Oct524 ft8 smushy220kJ20°C
Mon 19Oct262 ft7 smushy54kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct474 ft12 shollow336kJ17°C
Wed 21Oct513 ft9 shollow193kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct464 ft10 scrumbling315kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct455 ft9 scrumbling364kJ18°C
Sat 24Oct146 ft8 smushy372kJ18°C
Sun 25Oct504 ft9 scrumbling241kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct395 ft9 scrumbling385kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct435 ft8 smushy242kJ19°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

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 1h 40 by road. About 14h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Aberta-A-Nova

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Melides

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 2 kn (5 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Melides

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 0 kn (1 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Aberta-A-Nova

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Aberta-A-Nova

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 1h 40 by road. About 14h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Melides each day: Aberta-A-Nova, Coelhos, Melides.

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Rough cost

About £890–£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 LIS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£400–£830
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£890–£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 Melides

  • Xtian RestaurantMediterranean · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Receitas Com AmorBarbecue · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Restaurante LourençoPortuguese · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Tosca MelidesItalian · 1.6 km from the centre
  • Costa Nossa melides0.1 km from the centre
  • Los Bandidos Food Truck0.1 km from the centre

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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