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Ouvidor, Brazil

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Praia Vermelha, Garopaba, março de 2023 (1)
Ouvidor. Photo: Fronteira, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Ouvidor

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

The spot faces E (82°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (262°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 14). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 17°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 26°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Garopaba, 10 km away (about 20 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 7 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 30 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. 1 h 10 from the airport to Ouvidor.

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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 18Oct305 ft9 shollow313kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct385 ft7 shollow232kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct434 ft7 shollow184kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct324 ft8 shollow143kJ19°C
Thu 22Oct183 ft8 smushy129kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct113 ft7 smushy83kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct443 ft5 shollow44kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct434 ft6 smushy108kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct76 ft10 smushy615kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct244 ft7 smushy172kJ21°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 1h 10 by road. About 20h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Siriu

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

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Vermelha

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (14 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Vermelha

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Ouvidor

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 1h 10 by road. About 20h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 10 spots near Garopaba each day: Barrinha, Ferrugem, Gamboa, Garopaba Centro, Ouvidor, Praia do Rosa, Praia do Silveira, Siriu, Surfland Brasil, Vermelha.

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Rough cost

About £895–£1,725 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
Hire car6 days, shared£50–£85
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£895–£1,725

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

Places to eat near Garopaba

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