Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Portugal |
Next Big City |
Lisbon, Portela |
Next Town |
Peniche |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, Camping, School, Shop, Repair, Rental, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
Swimmers |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Atlantic sea, tidal. Real waves. From perfect sets to choppy disordered. Never flat. 5m to 50cm.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
None |
Very nice looking beach. A bay from Peniche to Baleal. Perfect white sand. Rocks on each side of the 2km bay. Lots of space during all the year. Entries at Peniche and at Baleal (most used one). Nice and hard sand for mountainboard, no rocks. Plenty of space to land/launch the kites. Enough room to self lauch even at high tide.
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Spring:
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Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Fall:
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Normal |
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Winter:
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Normal |
Cold Atlantic water. Wetsuit needed, 3/2 to 4/3 full length. Water from 15-25°C. Good in the summer from May to October.
Best Months: |
February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
N, NE, W, NW |
Main Direction: |
N, NNE, NE, SW, WSW, W |
Wind is good from West to Northeast. Best with NW and in the winter. Can be very strong from SW and W during winter and from North during the summer. Normally from 12-25 knots in the good season. It is a bay so it covers almost all winds. Not as windy as the Lisbon area beaches.
Transport |
Car, Bus |
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Access
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Short walk |
A1 from Lisbon to Porto. Exit at the Peniche direction. When at Peniche follow in the Baleal direction close to the sea. Everything from Peniche to Baleal on your left side it the riding spot. Quiet a walk from parking if you go to the center of the bay. Closer parking at the West side of the bay.
Rules |
Zones, Time |
During July and August no kitesurfing in the specific swimming zones.
Good restaurants, bars and clubs nearby in 10 minutes walking distance.
