Praia do Supertubos

Peniche · 🇵🇹 Portugal

A thick, freight-train sandbar barrel that decides world-tour heats. Europe's Pipeline.

Expect a sea temperature of roughly 19°C at Praia do Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal) in high summer; the season runs Sep-Mar (surf).

Sea temperature

~19°C in the warm season

Water

Cold, glassy green with spray hanging over the lineup on offshore days

Sand

Dark-blond sand packed hard by a heaving shore-dump

Swimming

Not for swimming; hollow shorebreak and strong currents

Surf

'Europe's Pipeline': thick sand-bottom barrels and a fixture of the World Surf League championship tour

Best time to visit

Sep-Mar (surf)

Setting

An open strand just south of Peniche's harbour jetty, low dunes and canning-town outskirts behind

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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