Although its origin is not certain, Portuguese surfing was born at the end of the forties in Carcavelos, through the influence of the American troops after the second world war who brought their surfboards from California, the cradle of surfing in those years. The father of surfing in Portugal came around at a time when there were no materials nor other surfers. His name was Pedro Lima and he adopted a new lifestyle that hadn’t existed among the Portuguese population before then.

From these beginnings, the fame of this sport increased year after year and in 1987 the national surf team was created for the European championship. This took place in France and the team ended up in fourth position. In 1990, the world´s elite recognized the quality of the Portuguese waves in the World Championship in Ericeira, as was reported by international surf media. In the following years, surfing in Portugal increased a lot between the world championships until in the 2010, Peniche was choosen to hold one of the stages of the Surf championship World Tour

Sagres participates in this Portuguese history that has embraced the great professionals of this sport. Surfing in Sagres is going through a good moment for the professionals and amateurs of this sport.

To talk about surfing in Portugal is now to talk about surfing in Sagres, which is becoming one of the world’s favourite places to surf.