Porto / Matosinhos/ Gaia · North · Portugal
Matosinhos
Today · beginner: ideal · 0.3 m ankle high · offshore wind
The first school on this beach to accept gets the lesson. If none accepts, your money comes back.
0.3 m now · to be confirmed
Forecast for now
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Forecast · next 7 days
Now 0.3 m. Best day: WED 4, 0.5 m.
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Forecast · next 7 days
Now 0.3 m. Best day: WED 4, 0.5 m.Suggestion by level
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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you
Mixed bottom, sand and rock. 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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Matosinhos
The city's surf beach, sheltered by the Leixões harbour wall: a right by the wall, a peak in the middle and rocks at the south end. Usually best at low tide, on the rise. On a small swell it works for lessons; on a big one it has power. Water quality varies, between the harbour and the river mouth.
Surfing Matosinhos
Matosinhos is a surf beach in Porto / Matosinhos/ Gaia, Portugal, with 1 surf school.
What level is Matosinhos for?
Matosinhos 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 Matosinhos?
The bottom is mixed sand and rock. It helps to know where the rocks are, especially at low tide.
When does Matosinhos work best?
Matosinhos has partial swell exposure: it works on many days but benefits from a bigger swell or a favourable direction. It is usually best with swell from W-WSW. The beach faces Southwest.
