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Around LagosAlbardeira, Lagos
Algarve Watersport runs individual lessons and residential water-sport camps from Lagos. Kitesurfing, wingfoiling, windsurfing and guided SUP are among its programmes, with a camp base at Albardeira and different coastal or lagoon settings used for the activities.
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Alfambras, Aljezur
A rural surf camp and school in the Alfambras area near Vale Figueiras, with lesson, guiding and equipment-rental services. Residential surf and surf-and-yoga packages are available, alongside options for families and groups.
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Aljezur and Monte Clérigo area
An Aljezur-area school offering both surf and bodyboard classes, plus independent equipment rental. Accommodation and yoga are additional options, while the teaching programme provides an alternative for visitors who want bodyboarding rather than stand-up surfing.
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Around AljezurArrifana, Aljezur
An Arrifana school with group, family, private and children’s surf lessons. Its programme focuses on beginners and intermediate surfers, allowing visitors to book instruction around their own accommodation rather than requiring a camp package.
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Arrifana, Aljezur
An Arrifana surf school and camp with tuition, residential packages and a separate equipment-rental beach hut. Visitors can arrange lessons near their accommodation or collect rental gear at the beach without treating the camp and the sand-side outlet as the same location.
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Carrapateira; Sagres camp options
A Carrapateira surf-school and camp operator offering coaching and surf stays on the western Algarve coast. Its programme also includes Sagres accommodation options, with lesson and camp choices handled within one family-run operation.
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Lagos historic centre
The Lagos-town surf operation run by Surfalgarve, with surf-school days, guiding and residential packages. Its programme includes specialist longboard and coaching weeks, while town accommodation places the stay within Lagos rather than a remote beach camp.
Explore this placeAround LagosLagos; accommodation also in Praia da Luz and Sagres
TSE offers surf lessons, private coaching, a children’s school and beach transport from its Lagos-area operation. Its Surf Mansion and apartment programmes provide different accommodation choices, while surfing can be selected according to the rider’s experience.
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Lagos; lessons at the Ria de Alvor
Lagos Kite Club offers kitesurfing and wingfoil tuition alongside equipment rental. Its Lagos operation has separate school programmes for the two sports, with private and shared lesson formats and accommodation available as an additional choice.
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Luz, Lagos (activity base)
ASA combines family surf coaching with guided climbing and bouldering, using an activity base in Luz. Visitors can arrange individual sports or a combined camp, with family sessions and more technical climbing options presented separately.
Explore this placeAround LagosMeia Praia, Lagos
Wind Sports Center has an Algarve base at Meia Praia in Lagos and teaches several wind and board sports. Its local programme uses the Ria de Alvor lagoon and Meia Praia for different stages of instruction, with the teaching location chosen around the activity and conditions.
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Around Praia da RochaPraia da Rocha, Portimão
A Praia da Rocha club offering surf and bodyboard tuition with visitor bookings explicitly available without membership. Regular athlete training and membership are separate from the public lesson offer, making the club accessible to holiday visitors as well as local surfers.
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Praia da Rocha, Portimão
A Praia da Rocha beach-sports business with group surf lessons for beginners and intermediate surfers, plus board and wetsuit rentals. Its shop is on Avenida Tomás Cabreira, and the lesson programme combines a shore briefing with coached time in the water.
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Praia de Odeceixe
A surf school based at Praia de Odeceixe, offering instruction at the beach with boards and wetsuits. The operator organises lessons in advance and advertises teaching in Portuguese and English, with other west-coast beaches considered within its programme.
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Raposeira, Vila do Bispo
A Raposeira-based surf school offering instruction for beginners and progressing surfers, with beach transfers from its base. Lessons list surfboards, wetsuits and sports insurance, and the school selects a suitable teaching location for the day.
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Sagres
A Sagres surf-school and camp operator with lessons for beginners, progressing surfers and families. Visitors can book instruction separately from a residential surf week, while the camp packages combine accommodation, equipment and beach transport.
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Around SagresSagres
A Sagres sports shop with bicycles, surfboards, wetsuits and skateboards available to rent. It also sells equipment and repairs bicycles, making it useful for independent visitors who need gear rather than a packaged surf camp or cycling holiday.
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Sagres
Sagres Natura brings together a surf school, residential camp and surf shop in Sagres. Its instruction includes beginner and teen programmes as well as options for experienced surfers, while equipment rental and accommodation are available through separate parts of the business.
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Sagres
A Sagres school with group surf lessons, private coaching and a separate family-and-children option. The group lesson lists board, wetsuit, insurance and transport, while other formats allow visitors to arrange instruction around age and experience.
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Sagres
A Sagres surf school, shop and rental business with group, private and children’s coaching. The school chooses the teaching beach around conditions and the group, while the town shop supplies boards, bodyboards and wetsuits for independent rental.
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Vales, Aljezur
A Vales-based surf school near Arrifana with group and private lessons, rental boards and wetsuits, and surf accommodation. Its rental catalogue includes both soft and hard boards, allowing coaching and independent equipment needs to be arranged separately.
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Armação de Pêra; Benagil coastal outings
Blue Xperiences is based in Armação de Pêra and offers guided kayak and SUP outings on the Benagil coast, plus local surf lessons. The sports have separate booking products, with the meeting point and participation requirements attached to the selected experience.
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Around AlbufeiraPraia de São Rafael, Albufeira
Albufeira Surf & SUP offers guided paddleboarding and kayak outings from São Rafael beach, with surf lessons at Galé. Its coastal paddling sessions include equipment and an introduction to the activity, with private formats available alongside the shared programme.
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Rocha Baixinha / Vilamoura Marina area
A Vilamoura-area school with group and private surf lessons, bodyboard instruction and equipment rental. It is based around Rocha Baixinha near the marina, offering a central Algarve option for visitors who are not staying in a west-coast surf camp.
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Around FaroPraia de Faro
AMAR Surfing Academia teaches surf and bodyboard at Praia de Faro, with a beachfront base on Avenida Nascente. It is a useful local contact for visitors staying in Faro who want to organise a coached session on the barrier-island coast.
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