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Praia Do Francês, Brazil

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Praia Do Francês. Photo: André Lage Freitas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Praia Do Francês

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

The spot faces SE (132°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (312°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 500 m out (1 in 51). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually April, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Praia do Francês, 1.1 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 22 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

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  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to Praia Do Francês.

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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

Praia Do Francês 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 18Oct123 ft5 smushy25kJ28°C
Mon 19Oct143 ft4 smushy25kJ27°C
Tue 20Oct102 ft5 smushy22kJ27°C
Wed 21Oct112 ft5 smushy23kJ27°C
Thu 22Oct213 ft5 smushy48kJ27°C
Fri 23Oct263 ft5 smushy51kJ27°C
Sat 24Oct223 ft6 smushy57kJ27°C
Sun 25Oct143 ft6 smushy45kJ27°C
Mon 26Oct112 ft5 smushy22kJ28°C
Tue 27Oct112 ft5 smushy22kJ28°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 MCZ, changing at GRU, then 50 min by road. About 22h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

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

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Praia Do Francês

    Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MCZ, changing at GRU, then 50 min by road. About 22h door to door

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Rough cost

About £845–£1,625 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 MCZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£465–£970
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£845–£1,625

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

Places to eat near Praia do Francês

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