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Vila Real Santo Antonio, Portugal

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Praça Marquês de Pombal - Vila Real de Santo António - Portugal
Vila Real de Santo António, the nearest town. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Vila Real Santo Antonio

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

The spot faces S (181°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (1°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.7 km out (1 in 172). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For beginners the best months are usually January, February and December, with about 3 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Vila Real de Santo António, 0.2 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots.

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 16 h 50 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. 4 h 20 from the airport to Vila Real Santo Antonio.

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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 18Oct71 ft3 smushy3kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct1under 1 ft3 s0kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct1under 1 ft2 s0kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ24°C
Sat 24Oct11 ft2 s0kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ25°C
Tue 27Oct0under 1 ft2 s0kJ24°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 4h 20 by road. About 16h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: under 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIS, then 4h 20 by road. About 16h 50 door to door

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Rough cost

About £890–£1,685 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
Hire car6 days, shared£75–£130
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£890–£1,685

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

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