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Home » Ten Perfect Empties From Around Portugal

Ten Perfect Empties From Around Portugal Ten empty waves form around Portugal's wave rich coastline

Luke Gartside

18th February 2017

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Providing the most pleasant climate and longest swell window of all the western European nations, Portugal’s expansive and exposed coastline has always been a favourite for travelling surfers. It plays host to a whole array of different set-ups, including some of the best beach breaks and reefs in Europe.

Whilst the coastal area around Lisbon is very well developed, with a massive surf population, the regions to the north and south of the capital offer a much more rustic, uncrowded surfing experience, especially in the winter.

Perfect barrels regularly replete the beaches around Peniche, with a myriad of more mellow beachies stretching all the way down past Lisbon and to the Algarve. There are spots that hold massive size better than many other areas in Europe, including of course the world famous Nazaré, which plays host to the biggest waves breaking over sand anywhere in the world. Here are ten perfect empties from around its beautiful and wave rich coastline:

A drainer unloads unmolested in Ericeira
Nazare shows its teeth during the first XXL swell of the WinterA sunlit bomb goes square at SupertubosMolho Leste, providig some shelter from the stormRoby D'Amico & Marlon Lipke salute a hollow wedge in the Algarve
+4A perfect fun sized a-frame near Sagres
An empty blue barrel, somewhere in the AlgarveFun reelers in CaparicaA lone sponger enjoys a few kegs before the sun comes upA big set landing on Consolacao

All photos by Luke Gartside

Want to see more from Portugal?:
Where To Surf In Portugal- The Wavelength Guide
Perfect Barrels and Not A Soul In Sight
The First Swell Of The Season at Nazare

 

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