Ribanceira, Brazil

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Garopaba, 19 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 59 km.

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About Ribanceira

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

The spot faces E (93°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (273°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 63). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 26°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May and June, with about 3 good days in 7; in October, November and December, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Garopaba, 19 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 59 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FLN, changing at São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Garopaba, 19 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FLN (FLN), 59 km.
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Forecast

Ribanceira 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ribanceira, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	9, poor	5 ft9 ssoft	412kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots	19°C
Mon 19Oct	30, poor	6 ft8 smushy	311kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	39, fair	5 ft7 smushy	232kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	37, fair	4 ft8 smushy	180kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	26, poor	4 ft8 smushy	152kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	13, poor	3 ft8 smushy	97kJ	wind from the north-east, 14 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	51, good	4 ft6 smushy	124kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	33, poor	4 ft6 smushy	100kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	21°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 ssoft	800kJ	wind from the south-west, 18 knots	20°C
Tue 27Oct	49, good	4 ft8 ssoft	244kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	20°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 1h 20 by road. About 20h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Ribanceira
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Ribanceira
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Ribanceira
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Ribanceira
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to FLN, changing at GRU, then 1h 20 by road. About 20h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £775–£1,530 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to FLN, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£515–£1,070
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£50–£85
Food	7 days eating out	£120–£220
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£55–£90
Total		£775–£1,530

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

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