Goncalo is a sports graduate from Lusófona University. He is also a trainer certified by the Portuguese Surf Federation and a sports teacher at an official Portuguese school.

Pedro Marques

Pedro is a surf, bodyboard, SUP, skimming, and longboard trainer. He graduated in Surf and Performance from Lusófona University. He is also a lifeguard graduate and has a 20-year surf and bodyboard experience.

Gabriel Marques

Graduated in surf and performance.

André Severo

Certified coach level 1

Gustavo

Certified surf coach with large experience

All our reviews are from travellers with verified trips booked through our platform.

Jawid Mirzadah

from Denmark, January 2025

Perfect way to spend Christmas

The beach, sun, ocean and surfing. I wasn't sure how it would be to surf during christmas as it was my first time trying to surf but it turned out to be the best experience with thanks to my instructor André. He was on point with everything from picking me up, finding the best location to surf and most importantly teaching me the basic techniques and safety guidelines.

Regarding the accommodation, it is a literal oasis with everything you need in terms of kitchen, supermarket, restaurants, bar etc. And since it was the holidays and low season I had the place for myself.

Ola Wojnowska

from Poland, September 2024

this is the best surf camp I've ever been to! I recommend it especially to beginners who want to progress quickly and get professional advice from instructors - each of them is really brilliant

Anonymous

from Germany, August 2024

Sehr gut

Ich kenne Surfcamp und die Surfschule bereits, beide sind sehr gut. Das Angebot an Speisen ist sehr gut, die Live Musik ein mal die Woche finde ich großartig, die Einkaufsmöglichkeit direkt im Camp finde ich ebenfalls ganz gut. Nicht weit gibt es ein Wochenmarkt, wo man frisches Gemüse und Fisch kaufen kann. Fussläufig erreicht man drei Strände. Busverbindung nach Sintra und Cascais ebenfalls sehr gut. Man hat ebenfalls die Möglichkeit den Yogakurs oder Fitnesskurs dazu zu buchen, es wird mehrmals am Tag angeboten. Surfschule und Lehrer sind ebenfalls sehr gut: aufmerksam, hilfsbereit, geben individuelle Tips. Ich war zum zweiten Mal hier, nun kann ich selbstständig Wellen reiten, Danke dafür!

Ich kann beides nur empfehlen, das wird ein tolles Erlebnis sein.

Vera Spuler

from Switzerland, August 2024

Anonymous

from Switzerland, July 2024

Good

The people that work at the surf school and at the hostel are very friendly.

Carla Galster

from Switzerland, July 2024

Our expectations were exceeded:-)

First of all; the people at the camp were super flexible about our arrival time, as we arrived at the camp at 02:00 am. There was obviously noone at the reception anymore but we managed to arrive and get inside our room easily. The location of the camp is great as it only takes you around 4 minutes to Praia Grande by car or around 15-20 minutes if you prefer to walk. There is a supermarket on the site where you can find almost everything you need and there are foodtrucks and restaurants inside the camp which offer a broad variety of really tasty food.

The surf-instructors were kind, helpful and easy-going which made the whole surfing-experience very enjoyable. There's a van that picked us up from the camp which was really nice and always on time.

For breakfast we enjoyed the small restaurant called Nomads inside the camp which offered a nice breakfast for a very fair price. They also very super kind and offered a variety of coffee, juices, bowls but also ice-cream and so on....

My partner and I enjoyed that the camp offers you the opportunity to meet people, as there are some solo travellers, groups, families but also people who live nearby and just enjoy the camp's site during their freetime. Also we thought that the location of the camp is perfect as you can reach beaches, a small city and Sintra + Lissabon within relatively short distance.

Krisztina Revesz

from Canada, June 2024

Had an amazing time

It was still a little early in the season so not a lot of backpackers but the camp is perfect with the restaurants and supermarket in the camp. The surf instructor was really nice and a good coach, definitely recommend I will be going back

Klaudia Bányai

from Switzerland, May 2024

A stay in May

I loved surfing every day. The people were super friendly, and nice. They always helped if we needed something. The food nearby was excellent (highly suggest Misssushi). The beaches are near (in 15 mins walk). Sintra worths a trip or two! The surfing coaches were fantastic!

Becky Seymour

from United Kingdom, April 2024

Surf instructors and lessons were brilliant!

My boyfriend and I had an awesome time doing 5 surfing lessons with Surf At Prair da Macas. We had five lessons with 5 different instructions, at first we really struggled, if though we had surf alot before the current was very strong on the beach due to the storms recently. So for 3 of the lessons after this they drove us to a beach and the swell was perfect! We both had never got such good waves before and learnt how to drop in. They were brilliant lessons and we learnt so much about reading water etc.

Anonymous

from United Kingdom, January 2024

Awesome stay, great surfing

Class experience from start to finish. Everybody involved with the surf school is really nice, helpful and nice to hang out with. Picked out the perfect spots everyday. My surfing definitely improved and my legs are still paying the price. Even when it was tough, it was still fun. Gave help when it was required, let me just chill when I needed a breather. Can’t recommend this place enough, and some of them are now part-time Middlesbrough fans so that’s a bonus.

Accommodation was great, I was in a solo room which was lovely. Shop, food and drink all right on your doorstep.

Maximilian Cedric Rupp

from France, September 2023

Perfect trip to relax 'n surf

The location is brilliant, for single people, couples or familys.

Two different beaches in walking distance in beautiful area.

Surf school was amazing and i always felt secure in waters with the teachers, can't wait to come back some day.

Breakfast and other goods to shop for cooking are a great deal.

Reception and communication was always on point.

Diana Cláudio

from Portugal, August 2023

Robin Jansen

from Netherlands, August 2023

So much fun!

The hostel is fun, we met a lot of nice people, it's cozy and mostly quiet but also with good access to restaurants and other facilities. The bakery attached to the supermarket is so nice!! Supermarket decently priced.

Surf lessons were AMAZING! We had so much fun and I learned a lot in a week. Felt very safe. Ended up booking an extra class!

Jimmy Huynh Minh

from Austria, August 2023

Must do!

The atmosphere, the people, the instructors were all amazing. Couldn't have been a better week. If you are thinking about going there, definitely do that. :)

Anonymous

from France, August 2023

Good but …

The location of the camp is very nice since it’s close to the beach

The reception staff was very kind too

Ida Wenger Parving

from Denmark, August 2023

Great experience - so much fun

We were three beginners at Surf.at and we had a great time. Wonderful instructors, fantastic location to surf - not over Overcrowded. The beaches are extraordinary. The weather was nice in the group of surfers was great. we would definitely visit again

Anonymous

from Portugal, August 2023

Awesome

The instructors took a lot of Time with me, cause it was difficult and they really helped a lot. It was awesome and they give me the passion! Plus, there was yoga classe available, it was really nice and helpfull with the surf too! A big thanks to all!

Steffen Sande

from Norway, July 2023

First experience going on a solo trip

The place is also used by the locals and doesn't give the classical hostel vibe. It has a lot of open space and you feel more like your on a camp than a hostel. There will be kids and families using the facilities as well so if you have a hangover you might get mad, but this really isn't a drinking hostel. More a chill, do yoga and watch amazing sunsets, go on hikes and eat the amazing food they serve at the hostels restaurants.

The surf lessons really gets you in touch with the rest of the people staying at the hostel. There aren't too many things happening otherwise and it's kinda hard to get in touch with people if not for the surf lessons. But if your goal is to reconnect with yourself I cannot recommend this place enough.

I hadn't surfed before and was feeling really nervous about it, but the instructors were super nice and helpful and the feeling was quickly replaced by joy and mastery. In the beginning I was struggling just getting out to the waves, but on the road to the first white water wave there are so many small victories and the instructors really celebrated every step of it with me so it was super nice.

The yoga instructors were really good, even to a complete beginner like me I still feel I got something from just doing one hour and really wish I tried it before my last day - then I would do more sessions!

Anonymous

from Spain, June 2023

Super entspanntes Surfcamp

Super Hostel in wunderschöner Lage, zu Fuß kann man zwei Strände gut erreichen und direkt beim Hostel gibt es einen Supermarkt, Café, Restaurants... Man lernt schnell Leute kennen und die Surflehrer/Organisatoren sind super entspannt und flexibel. Sehr zu empfehlen! :)

Eldar Irzhanov

from Czechia, June 2023

Great experience

Every possible aspect of a trip was great

Boris Buch

from Germany, June 2023

Bewertung

Sehr coole Leute

Elvira Lobråten

from Spain, June 2023

The classes were fun and very adoptable to one's need and previous experience. The instructors were very nice and supporting while also creating a fun and relaxed atmosphere. The hostel was cute and relaxed, all felt very safe. I had a great time there, surfing and and taking it easy in the beautiful surrounding during the rest of the time.

Felix On

from Germany, May 2023

Amazing place for doing a surf camp!

I absolutly enjoyed surfing. The beach had perfect waves for beginners and was very stunning. With the help of Gabriel i was able to catch my surf waves and it sparked a ambition for surfing inside me! The Hostel was clean and had everything you need incl. a nice supermarket and a lot of restaurants inside of the camp but if needed you can also cook your own food in the hostel kitchen. I would definitly recommend it to anyone who wants to try surfing!

Cheers Felix

Anonymous

from Norway, May 2023

Good

Great people and surf experience

Sandra Hernandez Chang

from United Kingdom, April 2023

review for 7 day surf stay at aldeia da praia and surf camp

The town, the location (near the beach, near a town), the reception, the people that work in the Aldeia, the views, the rooms, the cleanliness; all were on point. The surf camp was organisationally very smooth. They picked me up from the camp, took me to awesome beaches. The instructors are super encouraging whilst giving key tips and corrections. The vibes were just awesome, the surf lessons make you want to surf every day.

Ainhoa Weissbrodt Soroa

from Switzerland, January 2023

The positive attitude, always good energy. And the fact that we were at really good places to learn even if it was a bit far away.

Anonymous

from Italy, November 2022

Unfortunately I had a bad experience

The instructors are nice and they pay attention to all trying to make everyone surfing.

Tha camping has a bar and the supermarket so you can shop your food and save some time and money

Yuling Wang

from Spain, November 2022

Andre is very encouraging and patient. I am a slow learner, but I feel a lot of fun through surfing.

Anonymous

from Slovenia, November 2022

Best surf holidays

Surf Coaches were great.. they always made sure that we feel safe and comfortable with where we are.. they took us to a lot of different beaches so we saw more places then we thought.

Wozld deffinitely recomend it

Lotta Nowak

from Portugal, October 2022

Wir hatten eine sehr tolle Zeit!

Sie Surfschule war unglaublich gut und wir haben jeden Tag viel Spaß gehabt und genossen und konnten außerdem viel dazu lernen !

Dawid Kaczmarski

from Poland, October 2022

Good value for money

It was a lovely week at the surf camp. The surfing trainers were really helpful and paid attention to all participants. I got free photos from one of my lessons. The location of the camp is about 1.5 km from the beach were we were surfing- praia Grande. I had only one lesson at a different location and the transport was provided.

Overall- good value for money. If you haven't tried surfing yet, it's a good place to start.

Anonymous

from Canada, October 2022

Good experience at Praia Grande

I very much enjoyed the surf lessons that were offered to us. The experience was personalized by getting good tips for each person. I appreciated the instructors trying to challenge each of us at our own level. I also enjoyed being able to go to a different beach to get better waves for our level. The accommodation was at a walkable distance to 2 beaches. It was also easy to access many other nice places by bus or Uber. There was a well equipped grocery store right beside our hostel which was useful if you like to cook. I enjoyed the back patio we had outside our room but would be nice with more patio chairs. Access to the variety of restaurants in the place was nice and we tried the pizza which was very good.

Ty Chandler

from Portugal, October 2022

All of the instructors were extremely nice and helpful!

All of the staff/instructors were very nice and fun to be around. The food was great and there were many options. The beds were also comfortable

Julia Barbosa

from Germany, October 2022

Surfschool was Incredible. All teachers were really thoughtfull and would help us all to catch waves. The also brought us to another Beach to surf 2 days, that was important cuz the waves there were easier than the waves at Praia Grande.

I’m looking forward to come back and surf with them again.

Jesus Amfe Alv

from Netherlands, September 2022

First time surf camp experience

For me this first time experience was incredible. Very cool and interesting people and the vibe of the staff is really good. They are very welcoming and easy to talk.

I would definitely come back

Anonymous

from Germany, August 2022

sehr gute Surflehrer, die einem super Tipps geben

Hostel hat eine tolle Atmosphäre und die Restaurants auf dem Gelände sind hervorragend gewesen. Alles in allem eine sehr empfehlenswerter Urlaub gewesen

Hashem Khreis

from Hungary, July 2022

The whole experience was amazing in every aspect you want to look at. The surfing camp hs great facilities like supermarket, kitchen, restaurants and volley ball court. The hostel has friendly environment and most people are traveling alone so everyone wants to get to know each other. The hostel is 15mins away by feet from the beach. The surfing instructors are friendly and also good teachers. Overall it was such an amazing experience which i am willing to do again next year!

Noemi Carta

from Austria, July 2022

Great experience

All the surf instructors were very patient and friendly and we caught some big waves!

The staff at the hostel was very helpful and answered all our questions.

All in all it was a great experience, thank you for having us!

Anonymous

from Portugal, October 2021

Good instuctors

Good surf lesson and good advice. Some are a bit more experienced so the lesson are a bit more adapted. Learned a lot and challenged myslef a lot. Thanks.

Femke Cooijmans

from Netherlands, July 2021

Kan beter

Hele fijne sfeer en het surfen was goed. Alleen de instructeur die wij hadden (staat hier niet tussen) kon amper Engels, waardoor de communicatie wat stroef verliep. Verder wel een hele aardige man.

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