Praia do Guincho surf forecast
Cascais, Portugal
Praia Do Guincho is knee to waist high with 13-second swell and light onshore wind - surfable, nothing special.
Colors
Surf conditions
- FlatNothing to ride
- PoorSmall, messy or blown out
- Poor to FairGetting there
- FairDecent conditions
- Fair to GoodFun waves
- GoodA great session
- EpicRare. Drop everything
The nearest spots today, best first
About this spot
- Works
- 2ft-10ft · 9s+
- Tide
- Mid
- Break
- Beach
- Level
- Advanced
- Faces
- W
- Offshore wind
- NE/E
Worth knowing: strong wind, powerful shorebreak, rip currents.
Praia do Guincho is a beach break - sandbars that shift through the season, so the peak moves.
Nearby
No shops or schools listed at Praia do Guincho yet.
Common questions
Is Guincho good for beginners?
Only on a small, calm day. It is an exposed beach under the Sintra hills with a powerful shorebreak, strong rip currents and some of the strongest wind on the coast, which is why kite and windsurfers love it. Beginners near Lisbon do better at Carcavelos or Costa da Caparica.
When does Guincho work?
A west to north-western swell with a north-east or east wind, which is offshore here, September to May. Go early: the north wind usually builds through the day and blows it out.
Why is Guincho so windy?
The beach sits at the end of the Sintra hills, where the summer north wind (the nortada) funnels down the coast. Calm mornings are the window; afternoons belong to the kites.
How do you get to Guincho?
About twenty minutes by car from Cascais along the coast road, with a large car park behind the beach.