Arrifana

comment by jam, 2007-08-16 16:12:02

arrifana
i just came back from arrifana and despite it being august there were some nice waves. about 5 ft with some north west winds. i was expecting it to be the onshore slop that we get back here in cornwall most of the time but the huge cliffs sheltered the spot amazingly, it was either smaller and clean on the right side of the beach or bigger and maybe not as nicly shaped as the other side but stil fairly good. there was even back spray on a lot of the waves.

as for the point on the right there were some sets coming through but the guy at the local surf shop in aljezur was say it needs to be at least 6ft with a solid westerly swell. i suppose if i could have been bothered i could of got some waves at the reef but the beach break was good enough and there was the odd chance of getting covoured up. i would say its a lot heavier than most of the southwest beach breaks. it does close out a lot but real steep and if u have a little patience then u can have a longer ride. some of the local boogers were foookin amazing, pulling backflips out of everything

and i would say its more of a boogers wave. the locals do tend to drop in on non locals but there is a fairly friendly atmousphere but i like it a lot and the cliffs around is a nice thing to look at when waiting for the sets.

nice little village, nice break worth the trip and completly empty spots around if u go for an adventure through some of the dirt tracks

comment by local, 2007-04-03 13:44:05

Arrifana Rules
If you want to surf the best swells of arrifana you need to go there in the earlier spring.In that time of the year you can get the most radical waves you can dream the only problem its the crowd at weekends, besides that you will get the waves of your dreams,

comment by tamsk1, 2006-10-24 15:41:11

check out around the corner
Arrafana gets well crowded, it is surf school hell when the wind is up as it's the only place with any shelter. There is a better beach break just around the corner. It get the same swell and works 2 hours before high. Highly recommeded if arrafana packed. drive out of Arrafana and 1km out, you go down a small dip, there is a dust road right. Follow the road past a clump of trees and toward the obolisk, as you come to the top of the hill take the left away from the obolisk. At the next fork keep left and at the next take a right. Then drive down to the car park and its a short walk. good luck.