Costa da Caparica · Lisbon · Portugal
Praia do CDS
Today · beginner: ideal · 0.7 m waist high · light wind
The first school on this beach to accept gets the lesson. If none accepts, your money comes back.
0.7 m now
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Forecast · next 7 days
Now 0.7 m. Best day: WED 4, 0.6 m.
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Forecast · next 7 days
Now 0.7 m. Best day: WED 4, 0.6 m.Suggestion by level
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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you
Sand bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.
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This peak is sheltered from part of the swell by the coastline — SurfBooking Forecast already accounts for it, hour by hour.
The hour bar above moves both maps through the day — each arrow points its real direction, with the map north-up.
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The first school on this beach to accept gets the lesson. If none accepts, your money comes back.
Book a dayYou pay when you make the request: that is what holds your spot once the lesson opens. If no school opens it, you get your money back.
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Praia do CDS
Sandy beach between groynes that hold the banks in place: mostly rights, and lefts by the groynes at low tide. Works on all tides. The groynes get crowded and there is some localism.
Surfing Praia do CDS
Praia do CDS is a surf beach in Costa da Caparica, Portugal, with 1 surf school.
What level is Praia do CDS for?
Praia do CDS has no fixed level, and that is the question Surf Booking answers every day: the same sea suits a beginner and does not suit an advanced surfer, or the other way round. On this page the sea at this beach is read hour by hour and by level — beginner, intermediate and advanced — for the next 7 days, and the verdict is this beach's, not the region's.
What is the bottom like at Praia do CDS?
The bottom is sand. It is the most forgiving bottom for learning and for wipeouts, though the sandbanks shift through the year.
When does Praia do CDS work best?
Praia do CDS is an exposed beach that picks up much of the Atlantic swell, so it works often through the year. It is usually best with swell from NW-W. The beach faces West.
