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Clube de Vela Costa Nova. Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Clube de Vela Costa Nova

Sailing spot · Portugal

Is it worth the trip?

39Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: 14 kn gusting 17, cross-offshore, Water: waves 1.2 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 45 out of 100

Wind
E 12 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 6 knF2
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
14°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 4 knF2
Gusts
8kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 5 knF2
Gusts
8kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 23 out of 100

Wind
SSE 9 knF3
Gusts
11kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
18°C

Sun 8 · 96 out of 100

Wind
SE 14 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
20°C

Mon 9 · 33 out of 100

Wind
S 16 knF4
Gusts
28kn
Shore
side
Water
2.7 mwaves
Air
19°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 345, fair
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 723, poor
  7. Sun 896, good
  8. Mon 9100, good
  9. Tue 1095, good
  10. Wed 1199, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 16 °C3/2 wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Clube de Vela Costa Nova
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 5 knotsF28knoffnot safe1.4 mwaves18°C
Tue 3Nov45, fairwind from the east, 12 knotsF417knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves17°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east, 6 knotsF210knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves14°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 4 knotsF28kncross-off0.9 mwaves15°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 5 knotsF28kncross-offchop16°C
Sat 7Nov23, poorwind from the south-south-east, 9 knotsF311kncross-off1.2 mwaves18°C
Sun 8Nov96, goodwind from the south-east, 14 knotsF417kncross-off1.2 mwaves20°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodwind from the south, 16 knotsF428knside2.7 mwaves19°C
Tue 10Nov95, goodwind from the south, 17 knotsF526knside3.9 mwaves17°C
Wed 11Nov99, goodwind from the south, 14 knotsF420knside2.8 mwaves17°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:53 −0.8 mHigh 08:22 +1.0 mLow 14:54 −0.9 mHigh 21:17 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:19 −0.8 mHigh 09:43 +1.0 mLow 16:15 −1.0 mHigh 22:34 +0.8 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 04:36 −0.9 mHigh 10:55 +1.1 mLow 17:21 −1.1 mHigh 23:35 +1.0 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov3of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Clube de Vela Costa Nova

Nice lonely beach near Costa Nova - Portugal - panoramio
Photo: diego_cue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Costa Nova Regata
Photo: ines saraiva from Belgium / Portugal, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Costa Nova - Portugal 🇵🇹
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Clube de Vela Costa Nova

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.0 km out (1 in 303). The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in June, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Gafanha da Encarnacao. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$931–US$1,790 each

about US$931–US$1,790 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LIS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$449–US$938
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$100–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$181–US$301
Food7 days eating outabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$931–US$1,790

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Gafanha da Encarnacao

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Closest

Gafanha da Encarnacao

about 5 min by car · 17 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 17 places to stay in Gafanha da Encarnacao · Booking.com

About Gafanha da Encarnacao its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 25m

About 16h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LIS, direct, then 3h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.