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Ribeira, Brazil

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Near Ribeira, 2 km away. Photo: Samory Pereira Santos from Salvador, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Ribeira

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

The spot faces E (78°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (258°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 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 26°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually June and July, with about 3 good days in 7; in February, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Itacaré, 1.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → IOS · Skyscanner from about £480 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Ribeira.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in ItacaréAd

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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 18Oct364 ft5 shollow52kJ26°C
Mon 19Oct333 ft5 shollow53kJ27°C
Tue 20Oct303 ft5 shollow44kJ27°C
Wed 21Oct232 ft5 shollow23kJ26°C
Thu 22Oct172 ft6 shollow28kJ27°C
Fri 23Oct323 ft5 shollow34kJ27°C
Sat 24Oct193 ft5 smushy43kJ27°C
Sun 25Oct324 ft5 shollow85kJ27°C
Mon 26Oct454 ft6 shollow76kJ27°C
Tue 27Oct443 ft5 shollow65kJ27°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 IOS, changing at GRU, then 1h 20 by road. About 21h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Boca da Barra

    Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Jeribucaçu

    Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Engenhoca

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to IOS, changing at GRU, then 1h 20 by road. About 21h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 8 spots near Itacaré each day: Boca da Barra, Engenhoca, Itacare, Jeribucaçu, Pontal, Praia da Resende, Prainha, Ribeira.

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Rough cost

About £860–£1,650 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 IOS, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£480–£995
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£860–£1,650

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

Places to eat near Itacaré

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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