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Matosinhos


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Portugal, North Porto

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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualitySloppy
 experienceall surfers
 surf frequencyDon't know
    Wave
typesand-bar
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy with rock
 power- ordinary
 normal lengthshort (<50m)
 good daynormal (50 to 150m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
 wind direction- East
- NorthEast
 swell size holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
 tide position
 tide movement
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Matosinhos Access
  park along highway.
small pullout area to stop overlooking surf.
  distancein the city
  walkshort walk (5-15 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd empty
week-end crowd crowded
  dangers- urchins
- rips / undertow
- rocks
- man-made danger (buoys etc..)
- pollution
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Additional Surfing Infos
 type of waves depends on wind, swell, tide. varies from beachbreak closeouts to pointlike peelers. just have to pay attention to the conditions. at high tide, use rip along inside left side along rocks to get out fast. accesses a nice peeling right with inside barreling reforms.
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  Atmosphere usually not croweded, a decent option when thereºs swell because of itºs proximity to the city (10 min. from center). heavy pollution. outlet pipes right on the beach = highly sketchy health risks. floaties...yuck
  General only surf it if you have to, or when the conditions are good enough to outweigh the pollution problem.
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.41° 10.40211' N
GPS Long.8° 41.44976' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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comment by pixelcrash , 2008-08-26 15:08:37

dear Zé Didje
hello - i just moved to porto for a year and really want to go to surf - i only surfed once before and because i live in central europe - so maybe you can help me out with surf lessons and board rental

thanks my email should show up


comment by Zé Didje, 2007-07-19 18:49:29

Pollution problem much better..
Although i´m not a matosinhos fan (its good for longboard, shortboard days only when big...)in order to preserve Porto´s good image i send this message. I give surfing lessons everyday in matosinhos and the quality of the water has improved considerably in the last years. The tests preformed revealed "good" water quality, better than last year which was "aceptable". In relation to the direct discharges these have also stopped (couple of years ago you would see red patches of blood in the water coming from the slaughterhouse....) this does not happen any more and its quite frequent to see clear waters and in some spots cristal clear.... everyday hundreds of kids surf and bathe in these waters and the health risks are not as big as mentioned in this site. I´d also like to say that a new program is being implemented "Porto blue flag" which aims to eradicate all direct discharges to the sea improving the water and beach quality consequently recieving the blue flag for quality beach.

comment by Nuno, 2007-03-28 16:38:49

Crowded and polluted
The advantage is that is near the city, you can go surf just before go to work, the desadvantages are the pollution and the crowd at weekends or good surf days.

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