Surfers Cove, Portugal's first wave pool, is due to open in late December 2026 in Óbidos, on the Silver Coast north of Lisbon. No exact day has been announced. Early bird session packs were on sale until 15 October, and Fever, which sold them, now shows no tickets on sale. The lagoon is under construction.
What is being built
The centre of it is a 46-module Wavegarden Cove on a five-hectare site. Wavegarden says the system can generate up to 1,000 waves an hour with a menu of more than 25 wave types, from soft beginner waves to high-performance settings. Each session will last about 60 minutes, according to The Portugal News, and a two-camera Surf Eye system will record every wave ridden for surfers to review on their phones.
Around the lagoon, Surfers Cove is building a four-star surf village of 56 prefabricated bungalows for up to 144 guests. The whole project is a more than 25 million euro investment funded by private money and EU funding, and The Portugal News reports it will be the first Wavegarden pool in the European Union. Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi is an investor and founding member.
What it costs
The early bird campaign, launched on 15 July 2026, sold packs of 1, 3, 10 or 30 sessions at 60 to 73 euros per session, with discounts of up to 30 percent on the larger packs, until 15 October. Surf village stays started at 217 euros a night with a two-night minimum. Vouchers are valid for the first six months after opening. The operator has not published regular session prices on its site; for now it offers 10 percent off a first session to people who join its community list.
For comparison, 60 to 73 euros is roughly $67 to $82 at the European Central Bank rate for 9 October 2026, and across the 16 surf lagoons in our price index the cheapest adult session has a median of $65.
Getting there
Fly into Lisbon; the site is about 55 minutes by car from Lisbon Airport. Óbidos itself is a walled medieval town, and the Silver Coast's ocean breaks are close: Peniche and Supertubos are about 15 miles away and Nazaré about 24 miles north.
Good to Know
A December opening means winter conditions and wetsuits from the first session. If you bought early bird sessions, the six-month window after opening is the one to plan around. We track the opening in our opening tracker, and the rest of Europe's parks are in our Europe guide.
