Clubs and Groups

• Clube do Mar Costa do Sol Oeiras
• Vila do Conde
  • Vila do Conde Kayak Club (facebook)
  • Clube Fluvial Vilacondense (facebook)
• National Canoe Federation
• Taho'e Outrigger Club (Algarve)
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Downwinders

Flatwater

Races

Boat Wakes

• Douro River Porto Rabelo wake riding1. Rabelo wake riding Oscar C.
• Tagus River (Rio Tejo) Lisbon video

Safety

Conditions

• Conversions
  • Windspeeds
    • 1 mph = 0.868976 knots [e.g. 10 mph ~= 8.69 knots]
    • 1 meter/second (m/s) = 2.237 mph [e.g. 10 m/s = 22.37 mph]
    • 1 meter/second (m/s) = 1.944 knots
  • Temperatures
    • °F= (9/5 * °C) + 32
    • °C= (°F - 32) * 5/9
    • 5° C = 41° F;10° C = 50° F; 20° C = 68° F
• Sea Water Temperatures
  • Portugal
  • Surf-forecast.com Viana do Castelo
• Douro & Minho Surf
• Windy.app Portugal
• Windguru wind and wave forecasts
  • Viana do Castelo
  • Ofir
• …

Webcams

• Viana do Castelo
• Esposende
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Surfski Dealers

• Mazu same company that makes Elio Kayaks
• Nelo
• Sipre
• Epic
• Think
• Fenn
• Nelo
• etc.

Lessons/Rentals

• Bork Kayak Oeiras Harbour just west of Lisbon, Surfski and Outrigger Canoes
• Paddle South Portugal Milfontes, training camp webpage Oscar video
  • surfskiracing.org trip report with Paddle South Portugal
• Duoro Academy / Paddling Center Douro River Porto (“won't necessarily make reservations online, but we walked in during the work week and reserved a couple of their plastic Nelo 510s for later in the week” Denise Weeks October 2022 video) Outrigger canoes also
  • Paddling Center (facebook)
• Nelo Rental - OC & surfski, these are rentals that seem to be designated/available for races that Nelo is involved with.
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Repairs

Resources

• Portuguese Canoe and Kayak Federation
• SUP Surfing Retreat
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