Surfing near Lisbon

I live in lisbon...is a great city...with a lot of thing to do...but for me... in these thays, the most important thing i have in my city, is the opotunity to have a lot os surf spots to choose from.

In the next days i'll wright a little bit about some surf spots around lisbon, and that i know really well.

In the south of lisbon we have a place called "costa da caparica" ( here you have the wanna surf link -




You have a lot of spots to choose from...and at least, one of them will fit your level of surf.

During the winter is a lovely vilage, with a couple of good surf stores that do repairs and have all the material you may need, with great food, a lot and cheap places to stay (if you need the name of a hotel or something, feel free to send me an e-mail).

Is a place that is good for any kind of surfer..since the beginer to the big expert. in the last weekend, i went there on saturday, and it was something like 1.5 mt...just perfect. it was a great session.. The best time to go there is in the winter..because in the summer it's just full of people and surfers... and you almost for sure will have a bad wind...

If you want to check it out in real time you can go to www.beachcam.pt



wave quality Standard (means good)
experience all surfers
surf frequency regular
Wave type beach-break
direction right and left
bottom sandy
power fast, powerful, fun
normal length short (<50m)
good day short (<50m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

swell direction - NorthWest, West, SouthWest, South

wind direction SouthEast, East, NorthEast

swell size starts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+

tide position all tides

tide movement rising and falling tides





Costa da Caparica Access
Take the South highway (A2) and enter the IC20, it takes you straight to Costa da Caparica. Costa da Caparica has about 30 km of beaches, so you can choose any beach.

distance in the city
walk instant access (<5 mn)
easy to find? easy to find
public access? public access
special access Don't know
More Details on Surfing
week crowd ok
week-end crowd crowded
dangers - rocks
- localism