Surf camp · Sagres
Sagres Natura Surf Camp
A long-running surf camp, school and shop in Sagres, with dorm accommodation, certified instructors for beginners through advanced, board rental, and a retail shop offering camp guests a discount.
Sagres Natura runs a surf camp, school and shop out of Sagres, at the far southwestern tip of the Algarve where the coast turns and both south- and west-facing beaches are a short drive apart. The camp offers dorm-style accommodation, and the school teaches beginners, teens and advanced surfers with certified instructors using a step-by-step method.
Board rental is available separately from the lesson packages, and camp guests get a discount at the retail shop on Rua Sao Vicente in town. Packages run as Surf and Stay, Surf and Yoga, or dedicated winter packages for the quieter months.
Sagres position at the corner of the Algarve means the school can choose between the sheltered south coast beaches and the more exposed west coast breaks depending on the days wind and swell.
Spots nearby
Beliche
A cliff-ringed beach between Sagres and Cabo de Sao Vicente, reached by a long stairway. More exposed and more powerful than Tonel, with a fast, hollow wave for confident surfers.
Advanced surfersAutumn to spring
Mareta
The south-facing town beach at Sagres, tucked out of the west wind and swell. Gentle and forgiving, the main learner wave in Sagres and the go-to when the west coast is too big or too windy.
BeginnersAutumn to spring for swell; sheltered enough to surf on windy west-coast days
Tonel
The west-facing beach at Sagres, a short walk from town. Far more exposed than the south-coast beaches, so it holds swell when everywhere sheltered is flat, but it is powerful and shifty.
IntermediatesAutumn to spring; the west coast is biggest and cleanest then