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Pedrogão, Portugal

Stay in Marinha Grande: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

Also within 20 km of Marinha Grande

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Pedrogão. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Pedrogão

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

The spot faces W (288°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (108°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.3 km out (1 in 125). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in June, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, November and December, 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 Marinha Grande. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h 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. 2 h 30 from the airport to Pedrogão.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Nearest beds: Marinha Grande, 18 km (about 35 min by car)Ad

    No town with beds to book is nearer Pedrogão: plan on the drive each day you surf.

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

    Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

    See all places to stay in Marinha Grande, 18 km away on Booking.com →

    Closest towns to stay in

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Marinha Grande · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Marinha Grande · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct396 ft8 ssoft452kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct204 ft7 smushy133kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct325 ft11 smushy584kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct257 ft9 smushy719kJ18°C
Thu 22Oct518 ft9 ssoft956kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct179 ft9 ssoft1,184kJ18°C
Sat 24Oct348 ft9 smushy803kJ18°C
Sun 25Oct507 ft9 ssoft698kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct577 ft8 ssoft586kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct437 ft9 smushy694kJ19°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 2h 30 by road. About 15h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Pedrogão

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Pedrogão

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 9 ft at 9 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Pedrogão

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 2h 30 by road. About 15h door to door

The trip from Marinha Grande, with every spot near it

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.

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Getting thereAd

Flights · Skyscanner Car hire · Discover Cars

Where to stayAd

Nearest beds: Marinha Grande, 18 km (about 35 min by car) · Booking.com

In the waterAd

Surf lessons · GetYourGuide Board and wetsuit hire · GetYourGuide

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