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Surfer in Supertubos

surfer in Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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Surfer in Supertubos

surfer in Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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BEFORE MODERN SPORT

Peniche/Supertubos

How work, access and surfing shaped Peniche/Supertubos.

Scroll to follow the shoreline through time

Supertubos (Portuguese for Supertubes) is a wave and beach located in Peniche, Portugal.

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BEFORE TOURISM

Before the surf map

The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Peniche/Supertubos before modern tourism.

This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.

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ACCESS CHANGES

The shore becomes reachable

The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Peniche/Supertubos.

This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.

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Peniche - Portugal

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Peniche - Portugal

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ORGANISED SPORT

Surfing reads the same coast differently

The break is the site of the MEO Pro Portugal from the World Surf League Men's and Women's Championship Tour event.

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THE LIVING MAP

The mapped place

Peniche/Supertubos is recorded at 39.345° N, 9.357° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.

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Surfer in Supertubos

surfer in Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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surfer in Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal)
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Surfer in Supertubos

surfer in Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

Visual description
surfer in Supertubos (Peniche, Portugal)
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Open-licence photograph
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Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

TODAY

Peniche/Supertubos now

At national level, the beach hosts every year the "Bom Petisco Peniche Pro" from the Liga MEO Surf Men's and Women's Championship Tour, the last competition of the national championship calendar.

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THE LEDGER

Sources and credits

This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.

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Artefacts in order of appearance

  • Surfer in Supertubos

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  • Peniche - Portugal

    AOD.EU.PENICHE-SUPERTUBOS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Editorial record

Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Supertubos overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.