The Surf school is based on our experience, you and the best equipment available.
The school is open to people of all ages, skill levels and nationalities.

You will be taught by highly qualified and experienced surfers and surf teachers who are also life guards.

Each week you will be taught for 5 days, with 2 surf sessions a day.
Everyday you will be on the search. Peniche has so many waves that it is possible to surf several surf spots on the same day. We just have to be at the right spot at the right time. At the same time you are surfing you are visiting different beaches. You'll never get bored.

In the evenings we have informal seminars, watch and comment on the video filmed during the day time classes.

You‘ll be given a surfboard and wetsuit best suited to you. Your classes include all the basics, from learning how to look after a wetsuit and laying on a board, to surfing the green section of the wave. Then, according to your development, you may change to the advance group and learn other techniques. On Tuesdays and Thursdays all surf practice is filmed for later comment and discussion.

• Basic knowledge of surfing equipment and Peniche surfing geography
• Recognition of the beaches and currents
• Wave shapes and approaches
• Safety rules
• Paddling techniques
• Sitting on and turning the board
• The "duck-dive" or "eskimo-roll"(diving through the waves with the board)
• Getting to your feet – Standing up Surfing broken waves
• Surf history
• Priority rules
• Learn how a surfboard is made
• Position in the line up to catch unbroken waves
• Surf the green waves – bottom turn
• Advanced manouvres
• Class championship: understand how a surf championship works and be part of one. (This activity will be held if there are enough participants in a class)
• Plus 15 hours of surf practice

Peniche Surf Camp is proud of our large variety of surfboards. We have more than 150 boards to choose from, in all shapes and sizes.

This means that you will have the opportunity not only to surf with the right surfboard for your level but also you will have opportunity to try other types of surfboards.

If you are learning you can try a Malibu surfboard. If you already have some experience you can try several types of shortboards to find out which one works best for you.

The wetsuits that Peniche Surf Camp use are Rip Curl! We have more than 250 to choose from, in all sizes, for children, men and women.

Rip Curl is one of the best companies manufacturing wetsuits in the world. Rip Curl was founded in Australia in 1969 and sponsors surfers like Tom Curren, Mick Fanning and others.

The Rip Curl wetsuits include Elastomax in the upper body part to give you maximum freedom of movement. You won't feel like you are trapped in your wetsuit.

Twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the classes get filmed and we organize a video session in the surf camp, usually followed by a barbecue.

In the video session you get to see yourself surfing, which is the best way for you to understand where you can improve.

When there are enough people in the surf classes we like to hold a Surfing Championship at the end of the Surf Course week.

Surely, you have already seen on the television or been to a beach and seen a surf championship.

If you ever wondered how the professional surfers feel during the competition, Peniche Surf Camp gives you this opportunity. But most importantly you will learn the rules of how a surf championship works.

Join in and you will have lots of fun.