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Comporta 76.5

#1677 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇵🇹 Portugal · Setúbal · near Setúbal

Works almost every day, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Comporta, Portugal
Photo: augustoptm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score76.5 /100
Surfable days96% of the year
Clean days35% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell49% period 11 s+
Typical size1.2 m 3.9 ft median
Water17°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf Comporta

The best time to surf Comporta is January, March, November. The season runs Nov to Apr. In March the water sits around 14°C, so pack a 4/3 with boots, and the typical wave is 1.6 m. The nearest airport is LIS (52 km) and the nearest town is Setúbal (19 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan99%47%1.5 m15°C4/3
Feb98%46%1.8 m14°C4/3
Mar99%71%1.6 m14°C4/3
Apr99%42%1.4 m16°C3/2
May99%21%1.1 m18°C3/2
Jun94%11%0.9 m20°C2mm
Jul92%6%0.8 m21°C2mm
Aug85%5%0.8 m21°C2mm
Sep89%25%0.9 m19°C3/2
Oct95%37%1.2 m18°C3/2
Nov98%65%1.7 m17°C3/2
Dec99%47%1.9 m16°C4/3

What is under Comporta

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 83 m.

Depth 8 km out83 m
Depth 4 km out61 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 76.5

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
17.0
Best days 22.4%
13.1
Clean days 18.4%
16.0
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
1.9
Access 4.1%
3.9

The detail

Faces 255° with 31% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 72% of days. Mean peak period 11.2 s. Days over 3 m: 2%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.4 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 50%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 38.380, -8.803 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

9 homes for sale within 30 km of Comporta, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €13,800. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Imovirtual and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€13,800House · 25 m² · 3 roomsAzeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)24 km from the spot →€15,900Flat · 32 m² · 4 roomsPalmela23 km from the spot →€17,900Flat · 24 m² · 2 roomsQuinta do Anjo27 km from the spot →€35,000House · 40 m² · 3 roomsQuinta do Anjo27 km from the spot →€37,000House · 112 m² · 4 roomsQuinta do Anjo27 km from the spot →€40,000House · 40 m² · 3 roomsQuinta do Anjo27 km from the spot →

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,350/ month
typically €1,190 – €1,510
Rent, one bedroom€710
Groceries€285
Eating out€160
Getting around€95
Phone + internet€100
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,630/ month
typically €2,310 – €2,950
Somewhere to stay€1,550
Eating out€555
Car, transfers, fuel€360
Data + extras€170
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Portugal (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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