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Caxias, Portugal

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Praia de Caxias - Portugal
Caxias. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Caxias

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

The spot faces S (194°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (14°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 35). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. 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). The town to stay in is Oeiras, 0.9 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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 05 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. 35 min from the airport to Caxias.

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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

Caxias does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct244 ft8 smushy161kJ25°C
Mon 19Oct133 ft13 shollow214kJ23°C
Tue 20Oct244 ft11 scrumbling358kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct193 ft9 scrumbling176kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct305 ft9 scrumbling426kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct456 ft9 ssoft619kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct406 ft9 ssoft454kJ19°C
Sun 25Oct254 ft9 scrumbling284kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct356 ft9 ssoft419kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct224 ft8 scrumbling206kJ20°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

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 35 min by road. About 13h 05 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Cruz Quebrada

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Caxias

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Cruz Quebrada

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 35 min by road. About 13h 05 door to door

The plan picks the best of 5 spots near Oeiras each day: Caxias, Cruz Quebrada, Inatel, Paço D´arcos, Santo Amaro.

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Rough cost

About £840–£1,600 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£25–£45
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£840–£1,600

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

Places to eat near Oeiras

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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