Portugal Surfing and SUP Watersports Centre - Portugal, Greece & Mediterranean

The Portugal surfing and stand up paddle boarding sports centre on Cabedelo beach at the luxury FeelViana Sports Hotel has a range of rental equipment and instruction courses for all ages and levels. You can book try sessions or an intensive course plus there are excursions to nearby wave beaches depending on the conditions you are looking for.

 
Open  All year.


Location
The centre is located just outside of the historic town of Viana do Castelo, just under an hour from Porto airport and located within the 4* FeelViana Sports Hotel. It a short walk and ferry ride to Viana do Castello in the summer months, or you can cycle in around 15 minutes. Cabedello beach is a short 300m walk along the boardwalk from the centre. It opens out on a crescent shaped, sandy beach with break water at the northern end, fringed by sand dunes and pine forest. This is a stunning location to enjoy surfing, stand up paddlboard boarding (on the sea and on flat water, river locations, walking, road cycling, leisure biking andMTB year round with windsurfing, kitesurfing, saiiling and wake boarding in the summer months.

Facilities
The centre is run by experienced, professional staff with relevent qualifications for teaching.
There is a snack bar on the beach from May to September in front of the hotel open during the day. From October to April, meals and refreshments are available at the Hotel. The Center support area, at the other end of the building to the rental and instruction base, has fully equipped shower rooms, with 48 ventilated lockers with padlocks to store  your own equipment and dry suits, boards and other equipment, at an additional charge. (This is required to be booked in advance to guarantee availability.) A short walk from the centre is the kids club with adjacent pump track - ideal for practising on skateboards or bike. The Kid's club is required to be booked in advance and there is a charge by the hour.

Sports and Activities
The centre also offers windsurfing and kitesurfing rental and instruction as well as MTB and road cycling at the specialist bike centre plus hiking, trail running, trekking and sailing. Private excursions and tours for boating, sailing and SUP along the river and to nearby surf spots are available locally.

Kit Range

Surf Equipment  Soft Deck boards EPS/Epoxy with torq soft technology and lightweight EPS core with Biaxial fibreglass cloth, Epoxy resin and a layer of extruded PE Foam. Boards include: SSB (Verde) Sizes: 7’0 x 22½’ x 2 5/8’; 8’0 x 23 x 2 3/4l; SSB (Azul) Size: 6’6 x 22 x 2 5/8; 7’6 x 22½’ x 3; 9’0 x 23’ x 3; Epoxy - high tech torq with precision CNC cut from a single aluminium block; Mod Fun 6’8  Sizes: 6’8 x 21’ x 2¾’; Mod Fun 6’8 Sizes: 6’8 x 21’ x 2 3/4’; Mod Fun 7’6 Sizes: 7’6 x 21½ x 2 7/8; Mod Fish 6’10 Sizes: 6’10 x 21 3/4’ x 2¾’; Mod Fun 7’2 Sizes: 7’2 x 21¼’ x 2¾’; Mod Fish 7’2 Sizes: 7’2 x 22½ x 3’.

Stand Up Paddle Barding (SUP) Equpment.

Windsurf equipment from JP and NeilPryde from 85-154L. Boards include JP Freestyle Wave FWS, All Ride FWS, Magic Ride RWS, Explorer ASA + EVA, with NeilPryde Rigs-Combat from 4.0 to 5.3m², Ryde 6/7m² and Junior equipment available.

Kitesurf range of the latest equipment from Cabrinha.

MTB / Bike equipment 60 new high-quality Scott equipment, Garmin GPS and onsite repair shop. Rental equipment available includes: Mountain. road, city and E-bikes plus Junior Kids equipment plus chariots, Garmin cameras. Pre programmed Garmin GPS routes from from easy (beginners) to advanced level for all terrains available to rent. 

Sailing from Cabedelo beach or River Lima just behind the hotel: Seascape 18 single handed sailing boat, Optimists and Class 420 yachts. The centre can offer sailing trips with local experience skipper.

Rental

Rental packages available by the hour or day.

MTB Bike Rental

The centre offers the latest Scott bike rental in the following categories:

MTB/City Bikes (Scale, Contessa Scale, Sub Comfort); Cross/Trail (Spark, E Scale Plus E Contessa Scale); Road (CR1 + Big Jon): Junior/Trailer (Scale 26:24:20).

The center also offer detailed information on self guided or guided tours with over 400km of tracks through mountains, river, roads, shore and beach with 21 routes from 22.5km to 164km for different ability levels. Garmin GPS available to hire or you can join guided tours. There is an integrated cycle service and repair shop available for those with their own equipment for washing, assembling, adjusting and technical support.


Training

Stand Up Paddle Boarding and Surfing Tuition

SUP Introduction Course If you have never paddled before but you would like to discover the stunning Bay of Sal Rei and the Island of Sal Rei this course is for you. The course includes a short introduction how to stand correctly on the board and some paddling techniques to help you stay on the board and paddle safely. After the introduction, you can explore the surrounding area independently. Duration about 2 hours.

SUP Wave Course Experience the true fascination of stand-up paddling in the waves. Over two hours, you'll be shown how to get out on the waves and how to catch first
waves - an amazing feeling. Duration about 2 hours.

Private tuition: 2hr, 6hr and and 10hrs lessons for all levels. Equipment is included during the lessons.

 
Lessons are approximately 3 hours per day. Equipment is included within the lessons including wetsuit, harness, lifejacket and surf shoes. Group lessons include up to 4 persons per one instructor. When there is less than 4 persons in the group, the duration of the course will be reduced.