When to surf · Lisbon and Cascais

Cascais in November

Autumn tips toward winter. Swell gets bigger and more frequent, water cools toward a 4/3, and the national Liga MEO circuit closes at Supertubos. Fewer daylight hours but often the cleanest, emptiest waves of the year for those who commit.

Cascais

For the Cascais town beaches, only a big winter swell wakes them up. Guincho surfs best autumn to spring; through summer it belongs to the wind and kite crowd on the afternoon nortada. Beginners are better off taking the train out to Carcavelos or Caparica in any season.

Autumn

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National Longboard Circuit: S. Pedro do Estoril

15–16 Nov

Competition · Cascais

National Longboard Circuit: S. Pedro do Estoril

The closing stage of the national longboard circuit, at the reef of São Pedro do Estoril on the Cascais train line, a wave that holds shape for the noseriding the longboard divisions are judged on.

S. Pedro do Estoril, Cascais

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Cascais

Reef break · Cascais

São Pedro do Estoril

A rock-reef break on the Cascais train line that comes alive when a south swell or a large wrapping west swell hits. A long, workable wall favoured by longboarders, and the venue for the national longboard finals.

IntermediatesAutumn to spring, and on the big W swells that shut the open coast