Carcavelos

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About

basicly...if it's 8am and it's good go for it! any later and you can get better point breaks just a couple of minutes down the road to Parede, S.Pedro, ect

Atmosphere:
Some good surf but it's too crowded, carcavelos can also be a very dangerous place to surf. Beacause of it's popularity and it's moderately "safe" waves it has attracted every teenager wanting to become a bodyboarder in the surrounding area, I've been ramed, cutt-off, run over more times here than I'd even like to remember..

Additional Info:
Carcavelos is a pretty popular beach, it is the first main beach out of Lisbon(the capital) so if the sun is shinning than you better bet your ass this beach will be so packed you don't even have room on the sand to put out a an A4 sheet of paper never mind a towel.

Location

Access

From Lisbon you just take the "Marginal" to cascais, this is a freeway along the coast, you keep to this road for 15-20 minutes and after passing the NATO base and the fort you should see Carcavelos beach comming up on your left.

Walk	Instant access (<5 min)
Public access	Yes
4x4 required	Unknown
Boat required	Unknown

Wave Characteristics

Type	Beach break
Direction	Right and left
Bottom	Sandy with rock
Power	Hollow, Fast, Powerful, Ordinary, Fun
Frequency	Regular (100 days/year)
Normal length	Short (<50m)
Good day length	Normal (50 to 150m)

Ideal Conditions

Wind direction	North
Swell direction	South
Swell size	Less than 3ft - 6ft+
Tide	Mid tide
Tide movement	Rising and falling tides

Crowd

Week	Crowded
Weekend	Ultra crowded

Dangers

Rocks, Localism

Videos

None

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