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Table of Contents

Portugal Surfski
- Clubs and Groups
- Downwinders
- Flatwater
  - Rivers
  - Canals
- Races
- Boat Wakes
- Safety
- Conditions
- Webcams
- Surfski Dealers
- Lessons/Rentals
- Repairs
- Resources

Portugal Surfski

photo from Paddle South Portugal video

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

Portugal

North/Northwest

Douro River Downwind Laps Mouth of Douro
Minho River
Viana do Castelo
- Ofir Run 19 km Downwindable.com
Vila Do Conde home base for Nelo kayaks. Site of Nelo Summer Challenge Downwind Surfski race.
- Macca Hynard downwinding at Vila Do Conde

Mid Coast

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Southwest Coast

Lisbon Area
- Alhandra - Alcochete 15 km Downwindfun
- Oeiras
  - Cascais - Oeiras 10 km video, Downwindfun
  - Oeiras - Fonte da Telha 15 km video
- Tagus Run, Sacavern - Barreiro 15 km video, Downwindfun
Sines
- Sines - São Torpes 7.5 km
- São Torpes - Porto Corvo 10 km
- Sines - Porto Covo 13 km Downwindfun
- Sines - Milfontes 26+ km
- Porto Corvo - Milfontes 16 km
Milfontes - Zambujeira 21 km

South Coast

Lagos - Portimão - 12 km
Albufeira - Vilamoura - 12 km
Albufeira - Faro - 25 km
Vilamoura - Faro - 13 km
- (Reverse) Faro - Quarteira video, Downwindfun
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Chloe Bunnett Downwinding Nelo Summer Challenge Course

Islands

Flatwater

Rivers

Minho
Guadiana
Douro

Canals

Aveiro

Paddling Nelo 510s from the Douro River Paddling Center

Races

Worldwide Race Calender Page

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
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Webcams

Surfski Dealers

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

Lessons/Rentals

BORK Kayak (aka BORK You) Surfski - Camps, Lessons, Club (youth 8-18 sprint kayak, older 16+ surfski) for frequent local paddlers. Two Locations (Oeiras Harbour just west of Lisbon, Sesimbra)
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
Paddle South Portugal Milfontes, training camp webpage Oscar video
- surfskiracing.org trip report with Paddle South Portugal
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Repairs

Resources

Olivia Piana