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PENICHE & BALEAL SURF CAMP - NIGHTLIFE & OTHER ACTIVITIES
When you're not surfing there are a lot of things to do. You can simply relax at the Surf House or you can go for some of the other activities mentioned below. Let us know what you are interested in and we can arrange it on your behalf.
Quick links: Beaches | Biking | Boat trips to Berlenga island | Plane trips | Weekend surf trips | Board Shaping workshop | Fishing & sport fishing | Snorkelling & scuba diving | Yoga classes | Berlengas archipelago | Nightlife & food | Culture vultures
BEACHES
Being a peninsula Peniche offers an amazing variety of gorgeous beaches, for swimming or working on your tan. Baleal, Consolação and S. Bernadino are all important seaside resorts with loads of character.
BIKING
Just a little to the north of the surf camp, you'll find a bike trail that leads to Almagreira and the trail follows the coastline.
BOAT TRIPS
We can arrange an excellent day cruise on the ‘Julius' where, in luxurious surroundings, you will travel along the Peniche coastline and around the ‘Berlengas' island archipelago. The beautiful landscape, varied wildlife and interesting history of this area will make this unforgettable trip. This boat can also be hired for scuba diving and sport fishing trips.
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PENICHE PLANE TRIPS
Peniche is a beautifull place, to see it from the air is an experience not to be missed. For a very reasonable price you get a aerial tour of Peniche from Belgas to Consolação. This trip is for eveyone but is particularly interesting for surfers, as from the air, you get a good understanding of the Peniche geography and the way it's geography affects the surf.
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WEEKEND SURF TRIPS
The Surf Camp courses and lessons run from Monday to Friday leaving you the weekend to free surf or just relax and do your own thing. For those of you without a car or surfers who just can't get enough, we offer the weekend surf trips.
Not far from Peniche there are beautiful and famous towns with awesome, uncrowded surf spots. A 1 hour drive to the north is the beautiful and traditional town of Nazaré. Here you can enjoy the beautiful village of Nazaré with its characteristic culture and surf the epic 'Praia do Norte'.
Just 1 hours drive to the south lies the famous surf town of Ericeira known for its cracking reef breaks. You'll see where the world championships are held and enjoy other beach breaks in the area.
The surf trips will run with a minimum of 4 persons and a maximum of 8. You leave the Surf Camp at 9 am and return at 8 pm.
30 euros p.p. per day
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SURFBOARD SHAPING WORKSHOP
Ever thought about getting your very own custom board. Not just a board that was custom made for you, but a board that you made yourself?
Well, now you can. Everyday you can go over to Phynix Surfboards and with the help of a professional shaper, with more that 15 years of experience, you can shape your own board. You will be in total control from the cutting of the foam and to the glassing. You'll know all about shaping and glassing a board, and then ride the waves with your very own creation.
The 3 main phases you will go through are:
Shaping: Designing a board & learning how to use the tools
Glassing: How resin works & glassing procedures including fin setting
Sanding and Finishing: Finishing the board & using the sanding tools
You will spend 4 to 6 hours per phase
150 euros p.p. per phase with a 2 persons minimum
To keep the board add the following:
+297 euros - Shortboards from 5’9 to 6’10
+342 euros - Boards from 7’0 to 7’6
+360 euros - Boards from 7’7 to 8’1
+405 euros - all Longboards
SHAPING
Outline: How to do an outline, the different shapes & the way they work
Bottom: The bottom contour & how the different bottoms work (V, Concave, Double Concave, etc)
Rails: Types of rails and how they work
Thickness: Distribution of thickness
Tails: Types of tails and how they work
Fins: Fin placement and their importance
GLASSING
• What is resin and it’s applications in the board?
• Fibreglass, what it is and how it works. Several applications
SANDING AND FINISHING
• How to sand the board
• Types of sand paper and their application
• Sanding machines
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FISHING & SPORT FISHING
Fishing Trips can be arranged on your behalf. The following basic rates can be used as a rough guide:
80,00 euros p.p - based on 1 Person
37,00 euros p.p - based on 2 Persons
30,00 euros p.p - based on 3 Persons
27,50 euros p.p - based on 4 or 5 Persons
Fishing Rentals
5,00 euros per day
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SCUBA DIVING & SNORKELING
Diving Trips can be arranged can be arranged on your behalf. The following basic rates can be used as a rough guide:
80 euros p.p - based on 1 Person
35 euros p.p - based on 2 Persons
30 euros p.p - based on 3 Persons
25 euros p.p - based on 4 or 5 Persons
Diving Rentals
5 euros - 5mm Diving suit, gloves, belt
5 euros - Mask, Fins, socks
5 euros - Weapon & Knife
3 euros - Dive Light
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YOGA
Yoga is the perfect way to warm up and wind down before and after surfing, if you're interested in following yoga lessons please let us know and we can arrange lessons at the Surf Camp.
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BERLENGAS ARCHIPELAGO
The Berlengas archipelago is located 6 miles west from the peninsula of Peniche and includes the islands of Berlenga, Farilhões, Estelas and Forcados. The completely unspoilt island of Berlenga is a natural haven with clean and transparent waters and offers visitors an unforgettable day surrounded by unspoiled nature. The island is also a bird watchers paradise home to the airo, the dark-winged-seagull, the yellow-beak sea-sparrow and the crested-sea-crow, amongst others. The islands indigenous flora is comprised of over 80 species of plants, of which, 4 are not found anywhere else in the world.
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NIGHTLIFE & FOOD
The Peniche nightlife is excellent there are great discos and clubs, as well as numerous pubs, bars and restaurants catering for different age groups, tastes and pockets.
You also have bars and cafés on the beach where you can watch the sunset or party at night. There is a market near to the Surf Camp as well as a bakery.
We recommend the Adega do Pedra Restaurant:
Campo da Torre, Junto à GNR
Tel.: 262 784 226 / 96 583 44 60
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CULTURE VULTURES
At the water's edge on the south side of town stands the 16th-century Fortaleza, used as a prison during the Salazar regime. It now contains a museum of local archaeology and crafts, incorporating former cells, solitary chambers and the visitors' grilles.
In Largo 5 de Outubro, the Church of the Misericórdia has 17th-century painted ceiling panels depicting the life of Christ and patterned azulejo glazed tiles from the same period. There are also frequent festivals and markets offering the opportunity to buy goods from around the world.
A 3-km walk to the east lies the breezy Cape Carvoeiro and the Chapel of Our Lady of Remédios, which contains 18th-century blue and white azulejo glazed tiles.
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