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Praia dos Mosteiros, Portugal

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Praia dos Mosteiros. Photo: Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Praia dos Mosteiros

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

The spot faces NW (327°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (147°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 12). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 16°C in March, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 24°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ribeira Grande.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PDL, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

    See flights ORD → PDL · Skyscanner from about £335 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Praia dos Mosteiros.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Nearest beds: Ribeira Grande, 28 km (about 50 min by car)Ad

    No town with beds to book is nearer Praia dos Mosteiros: plan on the drive each day you surf.

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

    Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

    See all places to stay in Ribeira Grande, 28 km away on Booking.com →

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Ribeira Grande · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Ribeira Grande · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

Praia dos Mosteiros on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct245 ft12 shollow687kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct355 ft11 shollow584kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct134 ft7 shollow173kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct486 ft8 shollow394kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct425 ft9 shollow353kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct355 ft8 shollow308kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct315 ft8 shollow274kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct153 ft8 shollow139kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct112 ft9 shollow83kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct225 ft9 shollow327kJ20°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 PDL, changing at JFK, then 40 min by road. About 15h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Praia dos Mosteiros

    Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Praia dos Mosteiros

    Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Praia dos Mosteiros

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 5 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to PDL, changing at JFK, then 40 min by road. About 15h door to door

The trip from Ribeira Grande, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £785–£1,485 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 PDL, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£335–£700
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
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£785–£1,485

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

Places to eat near Ribeira Grande

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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Where to stayAd

Nearest beds: Ribeira Grande, 28 km (about 50 min by car) · Booking.com

In the waterAd

Surf lessons · GetYourGuide Board and wetsuit hire · GetYourGuide

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