7 Day Affordable Intermediate Refresher Course with 1 In-Water Coaching Lesson in Portugal
Surf Camp and refresh your surf skills while on holiday or working Remotely in Portugal
Peniche Surf Lodge offers a discounted surf pack for guest who can surf but need a little refreshing in their skills and a professional point in the right direction at the start of their surf holiday or work trip. This pack suits surfers that need a refreshment course while on holiday or working remotely with a weeks guidance and safaris, as it is our cheapest deal with expert surfing guidance. Note: the sun is very strong from May onwards so you must wear 50 factor sunscreen and zinc in the water which can be purchased on location. Peniche Surf Lodge suggests to bring a water proof wind jacket .
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- 1-morning lesson and a free surf in the afternoon
- Surf guidance at all times
- Surf equipment hire your entire stay
- Daily beach camps with games and volleyball
- Work desk in all private rooms and can be available for dorm guests on request
- 6 nights accommodation
- Complimentary help yourself breakfast, filter coffee, and herbal teas
- Essential surf snack bag for the beach
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Types
1 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 5
Accommodation
Facilities
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Terrace
- Bicycle rental
- Board rental
- Car rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Medical assistance
- Wireless internet
Everyone instantly feels at home in Peniche Surf Lodge's relaxed, comfortable, friendly lodge. Perfect for remote workers who want a chilled vibe to meet new people, surf and still be able to work
Both the lodges are totally quiet during the day when you are all out surfing and you can join when you like, morning or afternoon.
Female dorms available on request
The Lodges is situated a stone’s throw from the spectacular Atlantic on Portugal's Silver Coast. They are a surfing family working together to make your stay as clean and safe, relaxed and easy as possible.
Peniche Surf Lodge 1 and 2 are very unique and versatile properties. There are 2 self-contained lodges close to each other and both across from the ocean in Peniche town and close to 4 large supermarkets, cafes/bars, and restaurants. Both lodges are thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily in all shared and common areas and on request for private rooms. They have a professional cleaning plan in order to use the regulated cleaning products, to make your stay clean and safe!
Lodge 1
Across from the beautiful Papoa beach, amazing sunsets panoramic views and cliff walks. It is rented rooms, sharing the whole lodge's facilities. Suitable for solo travelers, couples, and friends up to 4. The upper floor has:
- A shared dorm/family room
- A private twin or double sharing 2 bathrooms
- Comfortable living room
- Large sunny kitchen with balcony
- The upper floor can be a private apartment (please enquire)
- All rooms have free Wi-Fi, cable tv, dehumidifiers, all linen is provided as well as beach towels on request.
- With the use of the fully equipped kitchen on the lower floor, the upper living room with a computer free to use, the larger fully equipped kitchen, sea view balconies and rear furnished patio with BBQ.
For more privacy, there are 3 rooms with private bathrooms on the ground floor:
- Solo/double
- Double bed
- Twin beds
- A small kitchen and access to the rear patio
- This floor can also be a private apartment
Lodge 2
- Situated just 3 minutes walk from Lodge 1, opposite the 3-kilometer beautiful bay of Peniche
- Family room with 3 beds, sea view balcony and beds can be a double
- Twin room with a private balcony
- Private double
- 2 shared bathrooms
- Ensuite double with sea views
- Rooftop lounge and terrace with panoramic views of the bay
- Large kitchen with BBQ balcony
- This can also be a private house (please enquire)
Program
Peniche Surf Lodge has a great space for remote workers where they have total quiet in the daytime, the opportunity to get a lift to the best beach, and join the other guests for a surf and the beach camp. Peniche Surf Lodge aims to bring people from all over the world together with 3 things in common: love for the surf, meeting new people, respect for one another and spending amazing, fun and sun-filled days at the beach in this comfortable beach camp with parasols, cushions, and windbreaks, beach games, volleyball and bicycles. Together, you will search for the best waves each day in Peniche and the surrounding areas, make a comfortable beach camp, and stay and surf together for the day. The Peniche Surf Lodge team is always guiding, helping, and caring to make sure you get 100% from your surf trip with them!
Value for money, motivation with great personal guidance.
Program highlights
- Help yourself breakfast (cereals, toast, yoghurt fresh fruit herbal tea, and filter coffee)
- On arrival day you are not expected to join the lessons that day.
- The surf lessons will start at 09:00 daily
- If you are not booked in for a lesson on your arrival day, your course will start the next day.
- If you already know how to surf, you may be able to have a free surf in the afternoon.
- You MUST take extra dry clothes and underwear to wear after the surf in the vehicles. Peniche Surf Lodge does not allow any wet clothing in the vehicles. If you do this and wet the seats, there will be a penalty.
- Peniche Surf Lodge makes a protected beach camp for the day by a café with internet (low season weather depending)
The sun is very strong from May onwards, you must wear 50 factor sun screen and zinc in the water. These can be purchased here.
- 1 morning surf lesson (only) with the coach by your side in the water
- Surf equipment for the whole day every day
- Break for lunch, rest at the beach camp with beach ball games
- Surf essential snack bag at the beach.
- Free surf (by yourself)
- Return to the lodge
- Make dinner plans with each other
Important information
- If you book an extra night,t they offer this at a discounted price and you gain an extra free surf day. Your lesson will be the day after your arrival or a day that we choose for you that is better for your ability.
Please do not expect to join lessons on your arrival day.
Included excursions
Daily surf safaris from 09:00 to the best waves of the day to suit all guests ability
- Peniche offers beginner waves all year round.
- March to November we set up a comfortable shaded beach camp by a café with internet and have a selection of beach games.
Peniche is the most consistent place in Europe and offers all wave types to suit all levels especially beginners because they are all beach breaks, with kilometers of golden sand each side of the Peninsula.
Instructors
Duncan Hall
Duncan from Cornwall UK has 40 years surf experience. He lived in many exotic countries as a child. He has been living in Portugal for 14 years and has run the surf camp for 10 years. He had his first surfed Portugal experience when he was 17 years old. Afterward, he always came to Portugal on holiday for 5 months every year for 11 years 2 times a year. He really knows the best waves in Peniche and surrounding areas and he has excellent surf and board knowledge. He has worked with shapers for many years
Dane Hall
Dane was born in Cornwall UK and had family surf holidays for 11 years in Peniche and surrounding areas. He first surfed Portugal at 6 years old. He also surfed and competed in France Spain, and Portugal for 10 years. He surfed for the UK juniors team from 13 years old and joined WQS competitions up to 25 years old. He competed and trained all over the world. He now lives in Portugal and has been surfing Peniche for 20 years. He offers advanced coaching with video analysis as he has excellent wave and board knowledge.
Location
Surfing in Peniche
- Peniche is the Jewel in the crown of Europe
- Peniche offers the best waves for beginners all year round
- Peniche offers the best waves for intermediate surfers all year round
- Peniche offers the best waves for advanced surfers all year round
Peniche is a hidden jewel in the crown of surfing in Portugal Europe. So being for its many different surf breaks within close proximity to each other that work on different winds and swells. Peniche is one of the most westerly points of Europe, because it has no continental shelf it acts as a swell magnet towards any movement generated from the beautiful Atlantic coast, so it accommodates all levels of surfing ability from beginners, intermediates up to advanced and Pros.
With its variety of waves including the gentle clean beginner wave up to powerful perfect tubing barrels at Supertubos home now for many years hosting the RipCurl Pro, a fantastic event in which all the family can be entertained by watching the world’s most famous Pro surfers battle against each other to obtain the glory of the world title.
As Peniche is a peninsula, hence the name means this, was once an island due to this, it has many sheltered beaches facing different directions to catch all swell conditions suitable for all levels and offers beach reef and point breaks. Peniche is not only the place to go surfing the variety of waves, but also are the surrounding towns and villages, for example, but Nazaré, which has now become famous for its record-breaking 100ft monster waves, a great family day out you may also even see some tow surfing in action with the right swell forecast it’s only 30 minutes drive from the lodge and is a very beautiful town to visit and buy some souvenirs.
Peniche Surf Lodge often visits Nazaré and other surf spots and towns on their surf safari days with the lodge, these include a variety up the North Coast, Foz de Arelho, Ericeira and many more.
Surf spots
Papoa Reef
Situated just outside the Peniche Surf Lodge front doorstep. A mellow left and right-hand reef break is for most levels of surfing, channel paddle out with minimal rip currents makes for a safe and easy spot to practice your basic surfing. Works best with E wind and W swell. Perfect for intermediate level.
Supertubos
The infamous and highly dangerous wave of Supertubos comes from deep waters to break on shallow sandbanks with a huge tubing wave, left and right peeling, this wave is for advanced surfers only. Works best with NW swell and NE wind.
Lagido
Located in Baleal, the long left-hand reef break of Lagido is user-friendly for most levels of surf, unless it's low tide which can be dangerous because of the sea urchins. Works best with S wind N swell.
Middle of the Bay
This long stretch of beach starting from Peniche all the way to Baleal has many peaks on offer all the way along, with the minimal crowd the further to the middle you go, long soft waves mainly for beginners to intermediate. Works best with SE wind and N swell.
Pico de Mota
A high-performance beach break to the north of Baleal, offers up tubes and fun peaky waves for all types of surfing levels. Works best wind is E with N swell.
Molhe Leste
A hollow wedgy right-hand-breaking wave on the north side of Supertubos next to the harbor wall. Works best with an N wind W swell and is suitable for intermediate to advanced surfers, beware of the local bodyboarders as crowds get this there.
These are just a few of the many spots on offer!
Surf conditions
Surf spot:
Peniche
Monthly wave size
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Food
Complimentary breakfast
- Cereals, muesli, cornflakes
- Bread for toast, peanut butter ,milk and jam.
- Yoghurt / fresh fruits
- A selection of herbal teas and filter coffee
- Essential surf snack bag for the beach: water, fruit and cereal bar
Peniche Surf Lodge can provide other meals at an extra cost, please enquire.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Snacks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Things to do (optional)
- Photography (subject to availability)
- Drone footage
- visit the beautiful Berlingas Islands
- Visit Óbidos the medieval village with castle walls
- Visit the beautiful fishing village of Nazare ,home of the giant waves !
What's included
- 1-morning intermediate surf lesson and a free surf in the afternoons (more lessons can be added)
- Surf guidance at all times
- Essential surf snack bag for the beach
- Surf equipment for your entire stay
- Complimentary breakfast (cereals, bread for toast, fruit, yoghurt, butter, milk, and jam)
- Selection of teas and filtered coffee
- 6 nights accommodation.
- Work desk in all private rooms and can be available for dorm guests on request
- Fast internet
- Beach games
- Comfortable sun protected daily beach camp with volleyball and other ball games
- Daily housekeeping
- Towels provided
What's not included
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Airport transfer one way (from 90 EUR one way, 170 EUR return hour depending)
- Photography
- Videography
- Drone footage from 15 EUR
- Extra nights
- Sunscreen 50 factor and zinc
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer available for additional US$ 105 per person
Lisbon Portela Airport
69 km away from your destination
Driving direction:
- As you come from the IP6 from the A8, you pass straight ahead over 3 roundabouts.
- At the third roundabout, you see the Rip Curl shop with a tower on your right.
- Go straight ahead until the town entrance gateway within the castle walls.
- Go straight ahead and up the road, until you see a yellow water tower on the right overlooking the ocean.
- Peniche Surf Lodge is opposite, behind the house on the corner, the very next driveway from the main road.
Arrival by bus
From the airport, take a cab or a metro to Sete Rios or Campo Grande bus stations both have buses to Peniche and are 10 minutes from the airport.
GPS
- Latitude 39.367634
- Longitude -9.377944
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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