What to do · Ericeira and Mafra
Ribeira d'Ilhas beach
Information
- Duration
- 1 h 30
- Season
- All year; waves in autumn and winter
- Who it's for
- Watching surf from above; swimming only in calm seas
A small beach at the bottom of a valley, about 3 km north of the centre, with a wave that breaks over a ledge of rock and is the most famous on the Ericeira coast, which is a World Surfing Reserve. You go down a narrow road to the beach car park.
Even if you do not surf, it is worth it: from the cliff edge, next to the road, you can watch the sets come in and the surfers waiting. At low tide there are pools among the rocks.
With teenagers
