Zavial with the capital Z,
Sometimes you just get lucky.
![zavial barrel left](https://www.surfguidealgarve.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zavial-barrel-left.jpg)
We, me and the boys. Boys? The two hardcore surfer boys from Rotterdam/Roffa who were my first ever guiding guests and made it into a habit to come visit me 2 times a year ever since. We went to Zavial. It should be good, it should be offshore…but that we would get this:
![zavial surfguide turn](https://www.surfguidealgarve.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zavial-surfguide-turn.jpg)
![zavial surfguide barrel](https://www.surfguidealgarve.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zavial-surfguide-barrel.jpg)
![zavial surfguide algarve barrel](https://www.surfguidealgarve.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zavial-surfguide-algarve-barrel.jpg)
Surf pictures,
Because a picture says a more than a thousand words. And you kind of can imagine how heavy some of the waves were.
![zavial big wave](https://www.surfguidealgarve.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zavial-big-wave.jpg)
![zavial lucky](https://www.surfguidealgarve.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zavial-lucky.jpg)