Surf Spots

Find the perfect surf spots for your surf level

This surf spot selector will help you find the best waves for your surf ability in Ericeira and surroundings. You can find detailed information, videos, webcams and surf forecasts of more than 65 surf spots in the area. Simply filter the spots on the basic requirements such as surf level, direction of the wave, bottom type and location and select the surf spots that are matching your needs.

Make sure you are aware of your own surf level before using this surf spot selector. Don’t go to surf spots that exceed your level of surfing! If you have never surfed before, you should take surf lessons, at least until you are able to control your board in the line-up. This will save you a lot of frustration and get you started the good way. And before paddling out to the line-up, get to know the surf etiquette.

Since surfing is getting extremely popular, line-ups are getting more crowded and dangerous. As tourist, make sure you respect the locals at any time. Don’t go straight to the peak if you just entered the water. Start on the shoulder and work your way up if the locals allow you. Surf spots that have a high rating for localism, should be taken extra care of. Sometimes it’s better to watch from the side-line when the locals are ripping.

SURF SPOT SELECTOR

Santa Cruz

Rated 3 out of 5
27 km from Ericeira Surf House
Santa Cruz is a typical coastal town, busy with tourists in summer, empty in winter. The beach breaks surrounding Santa Cruz offer lots of potential on small to medium swells.

Praia Azul

Rated 3 out of 5
26 km from Ericeira Surf House
Praia Azul is located on the north side of a 1.5-km-long beach. The south side of the same beach is called Praia Foz do Sizandro. It's a typical beach break that picks up lots of swell and has multiple peaks with both lefts and rights.

Foz do Sizandro

Rated 3 out of 5
21 km from Ericeira Surf House
Foz do Sizandro is located 15 km north of Ericeira. It is the south end of a 1.5-km-long beach; the north end is called Praia Azul. Foz do Sizandro is a typical beach break with multiple peaks with both lefts and rights.

São Lourenço

Rated 3 out of 5
9 km from Ericeira Surf House
On the most northern point of the World Surfing Reserve, at São Lourenço beach, you’ll find a consistent righthand wave with the same name. Setting off from a rocky platform, quite far from the beach, it’s a long wave with multiple peaks and sections.

Coxos

Rated 5 out of 5
8 km from Ericeira Surf House
At the north side of the Baia dos Dois Irmaos, just south of Coxos beach, you find a wave that is an absolute favourite of many surfers and has a reputation for being one of the best waves in the world.

Crazy Left

Rated 3 out of 5
8 km from Ericeira Surf House
Crazy left is just what the name implies, a wave breaking to the left with hollow and fast barrels. It is a point break wave located along the southern part of the Baia dos Dois Irmaos, basically between the surf spots Cave and Coxos.

Cave

Rated 3 out of 5
7 km from Ericeira Surf House
Cave, also known as Sete Bafos or The Basement is located just south of the Baia dos Dois Irmaos, where the spots Crazy Left and Coxos are located. Cave is without a doubt the heaviest wave in Ericeira and one of the most difficult waves in the world.

Pontinha

Rated 4 out of 5
5 km from Ericeira Surf House
Pontinha is the northern outside section of Ribeira d’Ilhas. A couple of times a year Pontinha is connected with Ribeira, but most of the time this is a wave on its own. Like Ribeira, Pontinha is a nice righthander, but it’s more difficult.

Ribeira d’Ilhas

Rated 5 out of 5
5 km from Ericeira Surf House
Ribeira d’Ilhas doesn’t really need introduction, as it is one of the most popular and famous waves in Portugal. This surf spot located 3 km north of Ericeira, on a beach with the same name, represents the best Portugal has to offer when it comes to surfing.

Reef

Rated 3 out of 5
4 km from Ericeira Surf House
Reef is a powerful, fast and short righthander located on the north side of Praia da Empa, next to another surf spot called Backdoor. It’s a wave that can work any time of the year.