Surf school · Ericeira
Activity Surf Center
An Ericeira surf school running since 2012, with lessons for every level across the town's beaches, plus board and wetsuit rental and a shop in the centre.
Activity Surf Center has operated out of central Ericeira since 2012, on Rua de Santo Antonio a couple of streets back from the harbour. Lessons run for every level in groups of five or six, and the coaches move between the town's beaches - Praia do Sul, São Sebastião, Foz do Lizandro - depending on the day, since the Ericeira reefs are too much for a first session.
Alongside lessons they rent boards and wetsuits, run a surf shop and organise boat and fishing trips. English is spoken.
Their rental quiver is bookable online through RentySurfy, with pickup at the shop in the village.
Spots nearby
Cave
A short, violent right-hand barrel over a shallow rock shelf near Ribeira d'Ilhas. All the intensity of a slab in a small package. Experts only, and only at the right tide.
Experts onlyOctober to March
Coxos
The best wave in the Ericeira reserve and one of the finest right-hand points in Europe: long, thick, fast walls that barrel on the take-off and race down the reef. Advanced surfers only.
Advanced surfersOctober to April
Foz do Lizandro
The beach break at the mouth of the Lizandro river, just south of Ericeira. A wide, forgiving sandy beach that is the town's main learner wave and home to most of its surf schools.
BeginnersYear-round; summer is smallest and best for learning