Lourinhã · Lisbon · Portugal
Praia da Areia Branca
Today · beginner: ideal · 0.8 m waist high · light wind
The first school on this beach to accept gets the lesson. If none accepts, your money comes back.
0.8 m now
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Forecast · next 7 days
Now 0.8 m. Best day: THU 5, 0.8 m.
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Forecast · next 7 days
Now 0.8 m. Best day: THU 5, 0.8 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.
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Praia da Areia Branca
Lourinhã's main beach, sandy, with lefts and rights on the banks. With seas up to about 1.5 m it suits every level; bigger than that, it is for surfers who already ride waves.
Surfing Praia da Areia Branca
Praia da Areia Branca is a surf beach in Lourinhã, Portugal, with 1 surf school.
What level is Praia da Areia Branca for?
Praia da Areia Branca 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 da Areia Branca?
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 da Areia Branca work best?
Praia da Areia Branca 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.
