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Praia Atlântico, Portugal

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

About Praia Atlântico

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

The spot faces W (262°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (82°). 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 1.0 km out (1 in 104). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in June, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January and November, with about 2 good days in 7; in July, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Espinho, 8.6 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO), changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

    See flights ORD → OPO · Skyscanner from about £395 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Praia Atlântico.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in EspinhoAd

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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 18Oct614 ft8 ssoft223kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct483 ft15 ssoft283kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct485 ft11 ssoft506kJ17°C
Wed 21Oct156 ft8 ssoft371kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct07 ft9 ssoft730kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct09 ft9 smushy1,372kJ17°C
Sat 24Oct08 ft9 ssoft776kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct07 ft9 ssoft615kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct176 ft9 ssoft459kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct315 ft7 smushy267kJ19°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 OPO, changing at JFK, then 40 min by road. About 16h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Capela de Paramos

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Silvalde

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (14 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to OPO, changing at JFK, then 40 min by road. About 16h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 7 spots near Espinho each day: Cagalhotos, Capela de Paramos, Espinho, Granja, Praia Atlântico, Praia azul, Silvalde.

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Rough cost

About £840–£1,595 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 OPO, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£395–£815
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£55
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£840–£1,595

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

Places to eat near Espinho

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