Portugal Surf Forecast

Surfing in Portugal

Portugal has one of the most consistent surf coasts in Europe, and packs a remarkable range into it: eight hundred kilometres of Atlantic-facing beaches, reefs and points from the Minho down to the Algarve, plus two archipelagos far out in the ocean. Nazaré's Praia do Norte, fed by Europe's largest submarine canyon, holds the biggest waves ever surfed on record; an hour south, Peniche's Supertubos throws the heaviest beach-break barrels in the country, and Ericeira - Europe's only World Surfing Reserve - strings a dozen reefs and points along a few kilometres of cliff, Ribeira d'Ilhas and Coxos among them. Lisbon surfs on its doorstep, from Carcavelos and Guincho to the long beach breaks of Caparica. South of the Tagus the Alentejo and Costa Vicentina empty out into wild, cliff-backed beaches, and the Algarve offers both a powerful west coast at Arrifana and Sagres and a sheltered south coast that lights up when winter storms swing round. Far out in the Atlantic, the Azores and Madeira take the same swells first, on volcanic reefs with nobody around. Swell all year, mild water and offshore mornings: SurfCheck covers every break from Viana do Castelo to Sagres and out to the islands, with free forecasts and conditions for the whole coast.