Surf Coaching Porto · Est. 2002 · Every day, all year round
Five coaching formats plus surf guiding — every session crafted to fit your interests and abilities, quality equipment included, available every day, all year round.
Comprehensive and dynamic surf training session, crafted to fit your interests and abilities. Includes all equipment and is designed for total beginners to intermediate surfers in a small group. Available every day, all year round!
On request
Comprehensive and dynamic surf training session, crafted to fit your interests and abilities. Includes all equipment and is designed for total beginners to intermediate surfers in your own private group. Available every day, all year round!
On request
Comprehensive and dynamic surf training session, crafted to fit your interests and abilities. Possibility to include all equipment; designed for intermediate to advanced surfers. Available every day, all year round!
On request
Comprehensive and dynamic classic longboard lesson, crafted to fit your interests and abilities. Includes all equipment and is designed for total beginners to intermediate surfers in a one-on-one format. Available every day, all year round!
On request
Comprehensive and dynamic surf training trips, tailored to your interests and abilities. All equipment can be included (depending on the coaching level provided), suiting beginners to advanced surfers (depending on the destination) — always in small groups.
On request
Why go with a surf guide? Local knowledge of the spots, the tides and the crowds around Porto — so your surf trip time goes into the best waves available, not into guesswork. For improvers to advanced surfers.
On request
Learning to surf can be one of the most fulfilling experiences of your life. It is also, quite literally, the most difficult individual leisure sport there is — and if you discovered it later in life, you already know that figuring it out by trial and error is a recipe for frustration and discouragement.
We know first-hand. Learning in our late teens, we poured in time and energy and still weren't progressing to our full potential. Looking back, most of our mistakes could have been avoided with clear pointers, step-by-step explanations and consistent feedback.
So that's what we built. Whether you've just discovered surfing and have no idea where to start, you're not progressing as quickly as you hoped, or you've plateaued on the way to advanced — you've come to the right place.
Porto's coastline changes with every swell, wind and tide. A surf guide reads it for you — so the hours of your surftrip go into the right waves instead of the wrong checks.
And when the bucket list calls, our Surf Coaching Trips carry the same small-group approach further afield: the Algarve, the Basque Country, Fuerteventura, Essaouira, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador — even a river wave in Switzerland.
João is amazing! It was my first time to try to surf in my life, it was so great. He kept supporting me nicely and kindly. I had amazing time with him, highly recommend you to try!
Jeong Hyun
Korea — via Airbnb, August 2023
THE MOST AMAZING SURF CAMP! My surf coach João told me he could get me to stand up on my first wave, even though I had only tried surfing once before, and he was actually right! Best surf instructor ever! Can't wait to come back again one day.
Helena L.
Denmark — via Book Surf Camps, September 2023
BEST PLACE TO GO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SURF! From the very first lesson, I could immediately tell that it was different from other surf schools. The focus here is on quality and attention to detail, both in teaching and equipment. He truly helped me in making significant progress and becoming a confident and independent surfer. The small class sizes and emphasis on individual learning and progression is what makes Surf Coaching Porto unique!
Guro V.
Norway — via TripAdvisor, October 2023
Tell João where your surfing is and where you want to take it — every session is crafted around you. Prefer to read first? The journal keeps the surf-culture fires burning.
