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Picama, Brazil

Stay in Balneário Barra do Sul: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

Also within 20 km of Balneário Barra do Sul

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About Picama

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

The spot faces SE (121°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (301°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 135). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually September, with about 2 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Balneário Barra do Sul, 0.7 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to JOI, changing at São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU).

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  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Picama.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in Balneário Barra do SulAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct363 ft9 ssoft96kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct192 ft8 smushy37kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct242 ft7 smushy53kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct302 ft8 smushy60kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct192 ft6 smushy33kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct393 ft5 smushy47kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct262 ft5 smushy18kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct534 ft6 smushy104kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct203 ft5 smushy36kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct363 ft5 smushy40kJ19°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 JOI, changing at GRU, then 55 min by road. About 20h 05 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

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

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Picama

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 2 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Picama

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to JOI, changing at GRU, then 55 min by road. About 20h 05 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Balneário Barra do Sul each day: Picama, Praia do Bispo.

The trip from Balneário Barra do Sul, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £885–£1,705 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 JOI, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£505–£1,050
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£885–£1,705

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

Places to eat near Balneário Barra do Sul

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