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Surfing chocolate barrels at the swell of the century in Meia Praia

Unknown surfer get the wave of his life at barreling Meia Praia

Meia Praia with the swell of the century

The first days of March, júst when all the surf camps starting to get ready, all the restaurants opening their doors and the tourists starting to make their way back to the algarve again; The forecast promised us 6.6 meter swell. The charts were pictured in colors of purple we had never seen before. This could be an epic one.
After an almost sleepless night with a lot of rain and wind and the thundering sound of waves crashing on Meia Praia I was really happy with the first bit of light.
The problem with this swell wasn’t so much the size of the waves (although no one could remember anything like this, comparing it already with the swell that came of Hercules in 2014) the problem would be the wind. And it was- a big problem. I checked several small beaches around Lagos that supposed to be somewhat protected from the nuking wind but none of them seemed to give us anything to surf on. The waves where simply breaking to far out and the wind just destroying everything. I decided to wait for the tide to change a bit and than I got this:
left hand barrel at meia praia

epic left hand wave surfed at meia praia
epic left hand wave surfed at meia praia
meia praia surfer almost in barrel
meia praia unknown surfer almost in barrel
Big swell hitting Lagos harbour wall
Big swell hitting Lagos harbour wall
Unknown surfer get the wave of his life at barreling Meia Praia
Unknown surfer get the wave of his life at barreling Meia Praia
Bodyboarders sharing the peak at Meia Praia
A frame’s!!!

 

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