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Praia da Rainha, Portugal

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Praia do Dragão Vermelho - Costa da Caparica - Portugal
Costa da Caparica, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Praia da Rainha

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

The spot faces SW (236°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (56°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 43). 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). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Costa da Caparica, 2.2 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 10 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

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 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.

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  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Praia da Rainha.

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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 18Oct406 ft8 ssoft363kJ26°C
Mon 19Oct193 ft13 scrumbling253kJ25°C
Tue 20Oct314 ft12 scrumbling466kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct234 ft9 scrumbling223kJ22°C
Thu 22Oct396 ft9 ssoft574kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct517 ft10 ssoft834kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct437 ft9 ssoft630kJ20°C
Sun 25Oct395 ft9 ssoft394kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct516 ft9 ssoft577kJ24°C
Tue 27Oct315 ft8 ssoft263kJ24°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 40 min by road. About 13h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf São João da Caparica

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf São João da Caparica

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf São João da Caparica

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 40 min by road. About 13h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 12 spots near Costa da Caparica each day: Casa do Sol, Costa da Caparica, Dragao Vermelho, Fonte da Telha, Praia CDS, Praia da Rainha, Praia da saude, Praia do Barbas, Praia Do Castelo, Praia Nova, Riviera, São João da Caparica.

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Rough cost

About £850–£1,610 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£35–£55
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£850–£1,610

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

Places to eat near Costa da Caparica

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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