Shaper · Costa da Caparica
Matta Surfboards
Nuno Matta has shaped high-performance boards behind Costa da Caparica for around thirty years, with a big walk-in showroom stock and outlines built for beach-break surfing.
Matta Surfboards is Nuno Matta's operation in Sobreda, behind Costa da Caparica, going roughly thirty years. The focus is high performance: standard outlines, lively rockers and a set of named models (the J5, TLX, GRAVY and others) across a few construction options.
The showroom holds more than a hundred boards in stock and is open on weekdays, so it is also one of the easier places on the coast to walk out with a board the same day. Custom orders too.
Spots nearby
Fonte da Telha
The quiet southern end of the Caparica coast, a former fishing village below the pine woods with soft beach-break peaks on small swells. A good learner's beach when the rest of Caparica is busy.
BeginnersYear-round for learning; winter for cleaner days
São João da Caparica
The northern end of Costa da Caparica, where a line of groynes shapes the sandbanks and most of the area's surf schools operate. Sheltered from the north wind, so it is a key summer option near Lisbon.
All levelsAutumn to spring for size; summer for the sheltered lessons