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The coasts

Surfing in Portugal

11 spots · 10 surfable · Best today: Jardim do Mar

The west coast takes the Atlantic. Beach breaks for the first mornings, reefs when you know the tide. Caparica is where we started, not as a pitch, as a question. What if the surf was easy to check, and the place was easy to know.

Ericeira, Peniche, the Algarve, then Madeira if you want Jardim do Mar, the Azores if you want the other islands. Long drives, cheap coffee, a lineup that still feels like a town. Forecasts get you in. The session is whatever’s around the break.

When. Autumn and winter for the long-period swell. Summer is smaller, warmer, still a session if you know the corner.

Surf

The breaks

Best today sits first. Open a spot for swell, wind, and what’s around it.

Every coast. Back to the landing