Surf Forecast  Praia da Luz

Praia da Luz surfspot characteristics

More about Praia da Luz surfspot

This curve of beach is flanked by a right and left pointbreak, which get good on any S or big W-NW swells, The left is particularly shallow and fast while the right known as Rocha Negra is a bit more manageable.

General: Whitewashed holiday village with a curve of sandy beach, bookmarked by a right point at the western edge and a left at the eastern. The right breaks over a sloping reef producing long fast walls, while the left is a shallow proposition. They need a big NW or W swell or clean SW to break. There's also a small rivermouth in the middle of the bay that can produce a fun bank but also can bring pollution. Tides: Works through the tides. Size: Waist high to overhead. Wind: N Swell: Big NW, W, SW Bottom: Sand and rock Paddling: OK - paddle round the break in channel. Spot Rating: Average beachbreak, with points that can fire in bigger swells producing long, racing walls.

Good for all abilites.

Car park in centre of the bay at the beach.

Best December to February.

Crowd Factor: Usually pretty quiet, gets busier when the points are firing. Local Vibe: Competitive when good.

The sandbanks benefit from a rivermouth that also brings stormwater to the line-up.

OK, can be polluted after rain.

Points break over rocks.