10 Experiences Worth Having If you searched "things to do in Costa da Caparica" and ended up here, you probably already know about the beach. What most people don't realise is how much happens beyond the towel. We're Gecko Surf School. We live and work in Caparica —...
It's probably the question we hear most at Gecko Surf School, right after 'are the waves good today?': how long does it take to learn to surf? The honest answer: it depends. But we can be a lot more specific than that. After hundreds of students in Costa da Caparica,...
Costa da Caparica is the easiest place to learn to surf near Lisbon — and one of the most consistently swell-rich stretches of sand on the entire Portuguese coast. It sits just across the 25 de Abril Bridge, gets sun on more than 280 days a year, and offers soft,...
How to Choose Your First Surf Lesson Everyone gets to the shoreline with the same question: where do I start? There are so many schools, so many types of lessons, and so much conflicting information online that a lot of people end up putting off the decision — or...
How to Do a Duck Dive in Surfing: Complete Guide to Getting Through the Break To progress in surfing, it’s not enough to just catch waves. You need to be able to get through the break with control, efficiency, and confidence. That’s where the duck dive comes in. The...
Everyone remembers the first time they tried a pop up. You paddle hard, feel the wave pushing you… and a second later you're on your knees on the board or buried in the whitewater. That's normal. At Gecko Surf School we see it in practically every first lesson. The...