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Wayke Up

Founder Hélène Lambrey holds IKO Level 3 and FPVela instructor credentials; registered RNAAT #150/2020

Peniche / Baleal · Portugal

IKOFPVelaSince 2020

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IKO and FPVela-certified kitesurf school in Peniche / Baleal, Portugal — lessons, rental, wingfoil, downwinders, foil and 3 more.

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What they teach

on the IKO and FPVela system

What they sell

This school doesn't list its courses by level; where a level is named, it is in the school's own words on this page. Ask them which course fits you. Which water suits which level: see When to come.

Taught inEnglish · Portuguese · Spanish · French

How they teach
  • Instructor stays alongside beginners at first, later switches to helmet-mounted walkie-talkie guidance from the beach;
  • sessions run 2.5h at Óbidos, 2h at Caparica

What it costs

Prices as the school quotes them

  • semi-private EUR 100/session (3x EUR 270, 5x EUR 430);
  • private EUR 150/session (3x EUR 430, 5x EUR 680);
  • rental from EUR 75/session (2025)

Prices are quoted as we found them; where a value carries a year, that is the year it was quoted. Confirm with the school.

When to come

the water this school teaches on: Praia da Areia Branca

% of days rideable (12 kn+, 3 h in a row) · ringed = months riders and schools name

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  5. May, riders' month
  6. Jun, riders' month
  7. Jul, riders' month
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  9. Sep, riders' month
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Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

Wind data:
How this is modelled

Each figure is the share of days with three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it, run over 2023-2024. Good for comparing one place with another, weaker for one beach.

Water14–20 °Cwater type: ocean, at Praia da Areia Branca
Windiest monthAug50% of days at Praia da Areia Branca

Wind on the beach

N to NNW is generally sideshore to side-onshore on this west-facing coast, inferred from the mapped coastline; W would be onshore.

What the spot record warns about

  • rocks
  • concrete
  • swimmers in bathing season
  • river-mouth water movement
  • Atlantic surf
  • sea urchins on the rocks

More on Praia da Areia Branca, the spot itself →

Where you will ride

3 spots

The school's base

Company based in Peniche (1h north of Lisbon); lessons are actually run off-site at the Óbidos Lagoon (and at Costa da Caparica), not on the Baleal/Peniche wave beach itself

Directions

Peniche / Baleal · Portugal · Map pin: 39.4074, -9.2152 — the school's own location

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Checked so far for Portugal:TAP Air PortugalRyanair / easyJet (regional connections)

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Listing status: active · unclaimed

Open weeks, the team, and photographs

Owners will be able to add the weeks they are open against the wind months above, their instructors by name and their own photos.

Last updated: August 2026

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