About Ericeira
Ericeira is a fishing town on the Atlantic coast of Portugal, north of Lisbon, with a run of reefs and beaches along the coast beside it. It was the first place in Europe to be named a World Surfing Reserve, and the stretch includes several well-known spots, among them Ribeira d'Ilhas, Coxos, Pedra Branca and São Lourenço. Ribeira d'Ilhas is usually said to be the most surfed of them, with a wave that runs along a rocky point into a bay, to the right as a surfer rides it towards the shore, and a walkway and parking behind the beach. Contests have been held there for decades. The best surf commonly arrives between autumn and spring, typically from around October to April. The reefs nearby are considered shallow, though Ribeira d'Ilhas itself is generally described as one of the more approachable waves on the stretch.
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