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Barranco, Portugal

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Portugal Praia De Barranco 071988 - panoramio
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About Barranco

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

The spot faces SE (149°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (329°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Sagres, 5.6 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 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. 3 h 40 from the airport to Barranco.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in SagresAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Sagres · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Sagres · GetYourGuideAd

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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
Mon 19Oct184 ft7 shollow119kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct324 ft12 shollow429kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct234 ft10 shollow235kJ19°C
Thu 22Oct486 ft9 shollow580kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct456 ft10 sslab618kJ19°C
Sat 24Oct486 ft9 shollow616kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct436 ft10 sslab604kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct295 ft9 shollow286kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct345 ft9 sslab334kJ20°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 3h 40 by road. About 16h 10 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Beliche

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Ponta Ruiva

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Beliche

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Surf Beliche

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 3h 40 by road. About 16h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 7 spots near Sagres each day: Barranco, Beliche, Mareta, Martinhal, Ponta Ruiva, Praia do Telheiro, Tonel.

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Rough cost

About £890–£1,685 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
Hire car6 days, shared£75–£130
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£890–£1,685

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

Places to eat near Sagres

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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