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Riviera, Portugal

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Praia do Dragão Vermelho - Costa da Caparica - Portugal
Costa da Caparica, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Riviera

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

The spot faces SW (238°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (58°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–14 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 55). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 15°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, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Costa da Caparica, 3 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 9 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 13 h 10 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. 40 min from the airport to Riviera.

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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 18Oct505 ft8 ssoft270kJ25°C
Mon 19Oct373 ft13 scrumbling253kJ24°C
Tue 20Oct564 ft12 ssoft466kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct454 ft9 ssoft223kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct116 ft10 smushy517kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct06 ft9 ssoft550kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct146 ft9 ssoft459kJ20°C
Sun 25Oct385 ft9 ssoft394kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct06 ft9 ssoft577kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct534 ft8 smushy207kJ21°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

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 40 min by road. About 13h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Praia da saude

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Fonte da Telha

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Dragao Vermelho

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 1 kn (1 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Dragao Vermelho

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Praia da saude

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 40 min by road. About 13h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 12 spots near Costa da Caparica each day: Casa do Sol, Costa da Caparica, Dragao Vermelho, Fonte da Telha, Praia CDS, Praia da Rainha, Praia da saude, Praia do Barbas, Praia Do Castelo, Praia Nova, Riviera, São João da Caparica.

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Rough cost

About £850–£1,610 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
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£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£850–£1,610

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

Places to eat near Costa da Caparica

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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