Cova do Vapor
Costa da Caparica · Lisboa · Portugal
Today · beginner: ideal · 0.7 m waist high · light wind
Today · beginner: ideal · 0.7 m waist high · light wind
Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you
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.
No school teaches at Cova do Vapor yet. You can still ask.
In the SurfBooking app you say the day and time you wanted. The request stays open waiting for a school — and if none opens it, your money comes back.
Request in the SurfBooking appYou 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.
No packs in Cova do Vapor yet.
Northern tip of Caparica, at the mouth of the Tagus, sheltered by the jetty. Long left when a northwest swell comes in; the river current dictates the day.
Cova do Vapor is a surf beach in Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
Cova do Vapor 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.
The bottom is sand. It is the most forgiving bottom for learning and for wipeouts, though the sandbanks shift through the year.
Cova do Vapor works with the right mix of swell and wind on the day. The beach faces West.
