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Xangri-lá, Brazil

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Coast of Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul, the wider area. Photo: Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra/INPE, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Xangri-lá

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

The spot faces SE (115°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (295°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 31). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 16°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 25°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually June, with about 2 good days in 7; in September and October, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Xangri-lá, 0.4 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to POA, changing at PTY.

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  2. Getting there. 2 h 15 from the airport to Xangri-lá.

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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 18Oct06 ft8 ssoft474kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct335 ft7 smushy254kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct485 ft7 smushy214kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct264 ft8 smushy177kJ19°C
Thu 22Oct163 ft8 smushy139kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct505 ft5 smushy95kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct96 ft6 smushy201kJ20°C
Sun 25Oct243 ft6 smushy76kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft10 smushy761kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct324 ft7 smushy141kJ21°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 POA, changing at PTY, then 2h 15 by road. About 21h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Xangri-lá

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 1 kn (3 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

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Xangri-lá

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 5 ft at 5 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to POA, changing at PTY, then 2h 15 by road. About 21h 40 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Xangri-lá each day: Rainha do Mar, Xangri-lá.

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Rough cost

About £900–£1,735 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 POA, estimated from distance and season, changing at PTY, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£520–£1,080
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£900–£1,735

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

Places to eat near Xangri-lá

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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