Baleal: Surf with a Professional Female Coach | Max 4｜Portugal

Come as you are.
Bring your curiosity, your doubts and your awkward first attempts. We’ll welcome you with the kind of attention that makes learning feel possible.

Your first wave. A splash, a laugh, another try. Then that moment when the sea carries you and you can’t stop smiling.

At Good Surf Good Love, learning is personal, welcoming and full of life. You’ll surf with Inês, a female surf coach and teacher with a university degree in Physical Education and Sport, who has been teaching since 1999 and still finds joy in helping someone catch a wave.

With just four participants, there’s time for individual guidance, questions, laughter and celebrating your progress together. You don’t need to be fearless, athletic or a natural. Come with whatever confidence you have today.

We take your safety and your learning seriously. There’s plenty of room for play.

No minimum age. Swimming skills are not required. Tell Inês your age, water confidence and support needs in advance to help plan your session.

What Makes This Experience Different?

Founded in 2004, Good Surf Good Love is a 100% legal, locally owned Portuguese business, founded and run by a woman. Your booking supports female entrepreneurship and an independent surf school rooted in Peniche and Baleal. Coaching is tailored to your experience, confidence and learning needs.

The METSIT® Method combines education, movement science and ocean knowledge. Understand how your body, board and the sea work together, and what to do and why.

Premium surfboards and wetsuits are included and individually selected for your size and experience. The sea sets the rhythm. With sessions possible from sunrise to sunset, Inês chooses the beach and timing around your level, the tides and daily conditions, seeking quieter periods with more room to practise and enjoy the waves. After booking, she contacts you to agree any change to your selected time. Quieter conditions depend on the day.

Across two hours, you’ll prepare your equipment, receive a safety briefing, practise on the beach and take your learning into the water. A 15-year accident-free record and carefully maintained, cut-free boards reflect the same attention to safety and quality.

A Welcoming Space, With Clear Boundaries

Travelling alone as a woman? Learn with a female coach, in a small group where respect matters. Harassment, sexist comments and discriminatory behaviour are not tolerated.

Neurodivergent guests are welcome too. Tell Inês, if you wish, what helps you learn or feel comfortable: step-by-step explanations, a demonstration, repetition or time to process. You do not need to share a diagnosis to discuss your learning preferences.

Come solo or with someone you love. LGBTQIAPN+ travellers are warmly welcome.

There’s room here to ask, to pause, to laugh and to be yourself.

Leave with salt on your skin, something new you’ve learned and a wave you’ll want to tell someone about.

The sea. The science. The soul.