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Pitangueiras Beach, Brazil

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Praia Pitangueiras Guaruja-SP
Pitangueiras Beach. Photo: 2(L.L.K.)2 ( talk ) 00:33, 22 February 2009 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Pitangueiras Beach

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

The spot faces SE (132°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (312°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 21°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June and July, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Guarujá, 1.4 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

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

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), direct.

    See flights ORD → GRU · Skyscanner from about £500 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Pitangueiras Beach.

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct346 ft8 shollow452kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct466 ft8 shollow422kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct305 ft7 shollow229kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct184 ft8 shollow158kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct123 ft8 shollow124kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct183 ft5 shollow49kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct122 ft7 shollow40kJ25°C
Sun 25Oct194 ft6 shollow116kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct94 ft11 shollow274kJ25°C
Tue 27Oct476 ft10 shollow640kJ22°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 GRU, then 1h 30 by road. About 16h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Guaiúba

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to GRU, then 1h 30 by road. About 16h 50 door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near Guarujá each day: Astúrias, Enseada, Guaiúba, Pitangueiras Beach, Praia de Pernambuco (Pernambuco Beach, in Guaruja), Tombo.

The trip from Guarujá, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £880–£1,690 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 GRU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£500–£1,035
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£880–£1,690

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

Places to eat near Guarujá

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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