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Lagoa de Óbidos

Windsurf spot · Portugal

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.6 mwaves
Air
22°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
21°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 8 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 9 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 8 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
20°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 11 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
19°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 17 °C3/2 wetsuit
  • Best Jul–Aug4 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Lagoa de Óbidos
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 8 knots14knoffnot safe1.9 mwaves24°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 5 knots10knoffnot safe1.6 mwaves22°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 4 knots8knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves21°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 8 knots15knoffnot safe1.1 mwaves19°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots6knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves17°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 9 knots15knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves20°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 8 knots15knoffnot safechop20°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 11 knots22knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves19°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 11 knots23kncross-off1.5 mwaves21°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south, 7 knots18knoffnot safe1.8 mwaves21°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 00:30 −0.9 mHigh 06:57 +1.1 mLow 13:25 −1.0 mHigh 19:48 +0.7 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:46 −0.7 mHigh 08:16 +1.0 mLow 14:49 −0.9 mHigh 21:13 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:12 −0.7 mHigh 09:37 +1.0 mLow 16:10 −1.0 mHigh 22:29 +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

best Jul–Aug

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

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 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. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 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. 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 and its town

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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lagoa de Óbidos

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

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. 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 NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in June, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually July and August, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Óbidos. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots, 1 dive site and 1 kayak 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: Óbidos

Closest

Óbidos

15 min by car · 48 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 48 places to stay in Óbidos · Booking.com

About Óbidos 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 14h 05m

About 14h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LIS, direct, then 1h 35m by road

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