We think on land, we perform in the water
Intermediate-Advanced
Are you ready?
WE ARE EXCITED TO TAKE YOU TO THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES OF FIGUEIRA DA FOZ – PORTUGAL, WITH PROTECTED SPOTS, DAILY VIDEO COACHING AND MORE!
SURF TRIP LOCATION
Figueira da Foz is a beautiful city with loads of nature, Portuguese culture, bakeries, and local restaurants with beautiful waves all year long.
We will stay at the SurfBlend villa with amazing view over the Figueira waves where we will do most of our surfing. The house has a pool, offers dinner and breakfast included in our package and is a 5 minute taxi ride from the city centre.
The trip is near full inclusive with quality coaching, breakfast, lunch, 5 evenings dinner and much more!
Read everything below!
DO I FIT IN
The intermediate advanced group is meant for any adult surfer that has experience surfing on their own and doesn’t get scared of a good hold down and punching waves.
Of course we take peoples safety in consideration, however, with this group we do not shy away from good 2m wave faces and our students usually ride them with a big smile on their face, even a bigger smile on their face when they see the video’s!
Check out the video on the side here from the type of coaching we do, and the progression we aim to spark!
Surf Trip program
For the coaching sessions, we made sure to accommodate every level:
With the wide variety of waves we will always be able to find some conditions that suit the group.
Daily video coaching
When it comes to coaching we offer the full package! We are aiming to coach you in the line up, as well as film your waves from the beach! Every day we will find a wave, help you catch the best waves, and do the video analysis afterwards. The combination of someone helping you in the line up, and seeing yourself surf on video afterwards is very accurate for your progression. At the end of the trip you will receive all your surf video’s in your mailbox!
daily 1-on-1 coaching
On the first and the last day you will have 1-on-1 moments with Daan Groeneveld, you’ll set personal goals for the trip and more! We will all be spending the week together, so don’t feel shy to ask Daan (the coach) any question about surfing you’ve got!
Smoothstar clinics
In the surf analysis we will detect some hiccups in your surfing, then we grab the smoothstar surf skate to improve those on land. In the 1-on-1 moments, we will film your skills. You’ll be given drills to practice that will accurately make you surf better.
Also we’ll do group simulation training to make you understand surf technique and grow muscle memory to use in the water.
APNEA TRAINING
Big wave hold downs won’t be a problem for you anymore! We’ll do apnea training in the pool for those that are interested. Learn to calm yourself while being underwater and have a correct mindset for when the waves get bigger!
Daan is a AIDA 2 freediver and will help you through this safely.
Self Coaching
In one week of surfing you can show us what you got, we can give you feedback and you can implement it, but there’s limits to how much you can progress in one week. That’s why part of our surf coaching is teaching you how to analyse surf technique so that in the months after you can help yourself progress. We are always happy to hear from students that the months after the coaching week they progressed their surfing more than ever before!
Transport
Driving around looking for waves is part of a surf trip. Thats why we encourage you guys in groups of 3 to rent cars from lisbon airport, which is rediculously cheap! That way we are free to explore the coast and go on the search.
Pricing
Intermediate-Advanced
15 to 22 november 2025
The accommodation for the trip is hosted by the house of SurfBlend, walking distance from the ocean and close to Figueira da Foz centre.
7 Night stay in SurfBlend House
The house has many rooms / dining place / BBQ area / TV and chill room / garden and more
Breakfast buffet 7 mornings
A worthy breakfast every morning with all the nutrition needed to start a day full of surfing.
Lunch 7 days
A worthy lunch box every morning with all the nutrition needed to fuel during the day after or in between your surf sessions.
Dinner for 5 evenings
Apart from quality coaching, accomodation and more, our hosts at Ilyana Surf House will prepare delicious dinners for us. This gives us the opportunity to focus on our coaching process and enjoy the holiday experience.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are included in the package, what a deal!!!!
WE KEEP OUR PRICES LOW
While prices go up rapidly and some coaching weeks shoot up to €1300+ a week, we have decided to keep pricing at an affordable price for the coming years. This is simply because I myself enjoy this week a lot, and I believe a coaching week that’s very expensive puts a lot of pressure on having to perform ect. Most important thing to me is that it’s mainly a super fun holiday for everyone, not one where we have all this pressure to perform, I strongly believe with this mindset you will automatically perform better in the water aswell! But don’t let the price of our trips fool you, we always make effort to give you high quality coaching, clear technique analysis, clear surf drills and daily surf events. If you have any questions you can send us an email or call to +31611276596
Kind regards,
Daan
Normal price
€925
now
€775
will i fit in?
Everybody is welcome, the only requirement is that you do have enough experience with surfing so be comfortable in 1,5+ meters punchy conditions.
This trip is meant for any adult surfer who is at the intermediate to advanced level. This means we will discuss techniques from the pop up and take off technique to down the line surfing, as well as cutbacks, snaps and barrel riding.