Women + Waves Portugal Women’s Surf Camp – Autumn 2028
Finish the European summer season with seven nights of focused surf coaching at the Women + Waves Portugal Women’s Surf Camp, running from 30 September–7 October 2028 in Lagos, Algarve.
The program combines professional surf instruction with accommodation, technical analysis, yoga, surf-skating and a relaxed community atmosphere designed specifically for women.
It welcomes beginners, progressors and low-intermediate surfers. Participants do not need to arrive with a certain number of surf sessions behind them: the coaching program is adapted according to ability.
Five coached surf days allow participants to build skills gradually rather than trying to learn everything in a single lesson. Surf locations are selected according to the day’s wind, tides and swell so that guests can train in conditions appropriate to their level.
First-time and beginner surfers can focus on:
🏄 Ocean safety
🏄 Confidence in moving water
🏄 Correct board use
🏄 Paddling
🏄 Pop-up technique
🏄 Stable stance
🏄 Catching whitewater
🏄 Riding waves with control
Developing surfers can receive coaching around:
🏄 Catching green waves
🏄 Wave selection
🏄 Efficient paddling
🏄 Getting through the line-up
🏄 Surf etiquette
🏄 Better take-off technique
🏄 Generating speed
🏄 Direction changes
🏄 Increasing independence
Regular video and photo analysis is used to accelerate progression. Surfers review their own rides with instructors and discuss what to work on during their next session.
Workshops can additionally cover:
✅ Surf forecasting
✅ Equipment choice
✅ Ocean safety
✅ Confidence
✅ Paddling and turtle rolling
✅ Pop-ups
✅ Speed generation
✅ Surf etiquette
✅ Handling the line-up
Participants also receive a surf progression logbook and photo/video material to take home.
Two included surf-skate sessions help participants practise balance, rotation, rail-to-rail style movements and speed generation.
Two yoga sessions support mobility and recovery after time in the ocean.
The seven-night package includes self-catered accommodation near Lagos’ old town and harbour.
Facilities include:
✅ Outdoor swimming pool
✅ Indoor heated swimming pool
✅ Gym
✅ Kitchen
✅ Wi-Fi
✅ Towels and bed linen
Five packed lunches are included during coached surf days.
Breakfast and most evening meals are not included. Optional organized dinners and local activities can be joined separately.
Scheduled transfers between Faro Airport and Lagos are included at the organizer’s designated times.
September and October are particularly attractive for surfers who want more consistent Atlantic conditions after the height of summer. Women + Waves highlights autumn for its reduced crowds, cleaner swell and strong progression opportunities.
✅ 7 nights accommodation
✅ 5 coached surf days
✅ ISA-qualified coaches
✅ Small groups
✅ Surfboard
✅ Wetsuit
✅ Photo/video coaching
✅ Surf progression logbook
✅ Technical workshops
✅ Two surf-skate sessions
✅ Surf-skate equipment
✅ Two yoga sessions
✅ Five packed lunches
✅ Pools and gym
✅ Scheduled Faro Airport transfers
✅ Supportive women-only surf environment
❌ Flights
❌ Breakfast
❌ Most dinners
❌ Optional restaurant meals
❌ Optional kayak/SUP excursions
❌ Travel insurance
❌ Transfers outside the scheduled airport times
Lagos
Algarve, 8700-407
Portugal
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