Portimão / Alvor · Algarve · Portugal
Praia da Rocha
Today · beginner: works · 0.1 m flat · offshore wind
The first school on this beach to accept gets the lesson. If none accepts, your money comes back.
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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.
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Praia da Rocha
Large beach between cliffs in Portimão, with a beach break and a hollow left by the harbour wall that only works on a big swell. The wall gets crowded.
Surfing Praia da Rocha
Praia da Rocha is a surf beach in Portimão / Alvor, Portugal, with 1 surf school.
What level is Praia da Rocha for?
Praia da Rocha 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 Rocha?
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 Rocha work best?
Praia da Rocha is a fairly sheltered beach: it needs a bigger swell or a specific direction to break well. It is usually best with swell from S-SW. The beach faces South.
