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Looking west along Praia de Armação de Pêra, 09 May 2016
Armação de Pêra. Photo: Kolforn, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Armação de Pêra

Windsurf spot · Portugal

Is it worth the trip?

39Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: 16 kn gusting 21, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
19°C

Tue 3 · 31 out of 100

Wind
SW 11 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 42 out of 100

Wind
SW 11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
18°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
18°C

Sat 7 · 27 out of 100

Wind
ESE 10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
19°C

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

Wind
ESE 16 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
20°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 132, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 331, poor
  4. Wed 442, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 727, poor
  8. Sun 8100, good
  9. Mon 993, good
  10. Tue 10100, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 19 °C2 mm shorty

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 Armação de Pêra
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov32, poorwind from the south-east, 11 knots12knside-onchop21°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 3 knots8knoffnot safechop19°C
Tue 3Nov31, poorwind from the south-west, 11 knots13knside-onflat20°C
Wed 4Nov42, poorwind from the south-west, 11 knots15knside-onflat18°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 3 knots7knoffnot safeflat17°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots7kncross-offflat18°C
Sat 7Nov27, poorwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots14knside-onflat19°C
Sun 8Nov100, goodwind from the east-south-east, 16 knots21knsidechop20°C
Mon 9Nov93, goodwind from the south, 18 knots31knon0.8 mwaves20°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodwind from the south-west, 18 knots31knside-on1.2 mwaves19°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

  • Sun 1 NovLow 00:01 −0.8 mHigh 06:32 +1.0 mLow 12:59 −0.9 mHigh 19:25 +0.7 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:19 −0.7 mHigh 07:53 +1.0 mLow 14:25 −0.9 mHigh 20:50 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 02:47 −0.7 mHigh 09:14 +1.0 mLow 15:47 −1.0 mHigh 22:05 +0.8 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 windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 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 Armação de Pêra

Armação de Pêra (Portugal)
Photo: Jose A., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Looking east to Praia Grande de Pêra (Poente), 09 May 2016
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Por do sol - panoramio (2)
Photo: luisponte, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Armação de Pêra

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 80). The sea is about 15°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Armação de Pêra. Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

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: Armação de Pêra

Closest

Armação de Pêra

1 min by car · 57 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 57 places to stay in Armação de Pêra · Booking.com

About Armação de Pêra 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 15m

About 16h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LIS, direct, then 3h 45m by road

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