Santa Crutz &Beyond surf guide

Santa Cruz & Beyond — The Surf Bible: Santa Cruz, Ericeira & Peniche

Twelve spots. Three towns. One honest local brief.

This isn't another "top 10 surf spots" listicle. Santa Cruz & Beyond breaks down every wave the way a real local would brief you before a session — not just "good wave here," but the bottom you're surfing over, the tide that turns it on, the crowd and hazards to expect, the board it wants under your feet, and who's ridden it well enough to make it famous.

What's inside:

• 12 full spot cards across Santa Cruz (home base), Ericeira (Europe's first World Surfing Reserve) and Peniche (Portugal's surf capital) — from forgiving beach breaks to Coxos and Supertubos, for when you're ready
• Every card, same structure: difficulty, wave type, best swell/wind/tide, season, board & wetsuit, hazards, crowd, access, an honest description, and a local tip
• Two QR codes per spot — one drops a pin in Google Maps, the other opens live wind and swell on Windy
• A suggested 7-day framework with a flat-day backup built into every slot, so a bad swell forecast never wrecks the trip
• Zone-by-zone culture: food, local legends, competitions, surf schools
• Four excursions beyond the surf: medieval Óbidos, the Berlengas archipelago, dinosaur-fossil Lourinhã, and the big-wave pilgrimage to Nazaré
• Practical info: getting there, wetsuit thickness by season, lineup etiquette

Built for a surf trip on the Lisbon coast — first time or fifth.

FMWS — Free Mind, Wild Spirit.