🇵🇹 Óbidos Lagoon
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Best directionN
Wind speed12–22kt
SeasonMay – Sep
Skill levelBeginner
WaterFlat lagoon
Ridden forKitesurfing
A flat, shallow lagoon behind the dunes near Óbidos, filled by the same Nortada thermal that powers the Portuguese coast — one of the country's best places to learn.
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Getting thereAbout 1h15 north of Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) via the A8. A car is required; free parking on the northern side at Foz do Arelho or the southern…
HazardsThe narrow channel connecting the lagoon to the Atlantic generates genuinely violent tidal current that can sweep a rider or gear out to sea or into the…
Best time of dayAfternoon, June-September, when the Portuguese 'Nortada' (NW wind) gets amplified by strong thermal heating over land. Time sessions with a rising…
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