Canary Islands/Portugal

[mrsukyankee]

Anyone been to one or more of the Canary Islands or Portugal?  If you were seaside and had good waves, could you let me know?

My H wants to go on a beach holiday where he'll get to have fun in the waves (body boarding, jumping around - he wants some good solid waves that could go over his head if possible) and wants to keep the trip to this general area of the world (as we only have a week and don't want to spend 10 hrs travelling to get to beach in States or Caribbean)

[rupertpenny]

I've been to Portugal, but not the beach, just Lisbon. I loved it though, great food and dirt cheap for Europe.

Since its on the Atlantic I assume a lot of places will have decent surf.

[GilliC]

I have a good friend who travels frequently to Portugal for surfing school. I'm not sure where she goes, but I'm sure that if you look for surfing destinations, you'll find some places with decent waves!

I've been to three of the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, and La Palma) but we never went to the beach.

[majesty318]

I have been to Tenerife. I don't remember the waves but wanted to point out that some beaches there are black sand, which is kind of cool!

What time of year would you be going?

[mrsukyankee]

Early September.

[tres3]

I've been to Tenerife. There was waves for body surfing but I never went about my ankles. The water was cold (I went first week in April). It is an amazing island though and so much to do.

[anna7602]

Just sent you a PM.