When to surf · Algarve

Lagos in June

Summer proper begins. Small, gentle surf, warming water, and the nortada starting to blow in the afternoons. Learner season is on; book camps and lessons ahead.

Surfing at Lagos
Photo: Vitor Oliveira · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lagos

Lagos's south coast is least reliable in summer and can go flat for days; autumn to spring wraps more swell in. Water is the warmest in the country and wind is light all year, so it works as a mixed surf-and-beach trip in any month, with west-coast day trips as the backup when the south goes quiet.

Summer

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Lagos