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Capao da Canoa, Brazil

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About Capao da Canoa

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

The spot faces SE (116°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (296°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. 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 Capão da Canoa, 1.2 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 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to POA, changing at PTY.

    See flights ORD → POA · Skyscanner from about £520 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 2 h 20 from the airport to Capao da Canoa.

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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 experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct437 ft9 scrumbling677kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct286 ft7 smushy330kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct345 ft7 smushy268kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct124 ft8 smushy210kJ19°C
Thu 22Oct74 ft8 smushy169kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct215 ft5 smushy115kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct467 ft6 smushy323kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct54 ft6 smushy90kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct388 ft10 scrumbling1,074kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct295 ft9 scrumbling303kJ19°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to POA, changing at PTY, then 2h 20 by road. About 21h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Capao da Canoa

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Capao da Canoa

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 7 ft at 6 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to POA, changing at PTY, then 2h 20 by road. About 21h 45 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Capão da Canoa each day: Atlântida - Pier, Capao da Canoa, Capao Novo.

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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 Capão da Canoa

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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