Madeira Island has excellent spots for bodyboard, as well as for surf. Adding the marvelous weather of the island plus the sea temperature all year around to the nice left waves of Jardim do Mar, Paul do Mar, Lugar de Baixo or Fajã da Areia in São Vicente, Madeira is known as the Hawaii of Europe due to its powerful waves.

On the photos you can see a bodyboarder playing in the waves of Lugar de Baixo, Ponta do Sol, on the 29th of December 2006 under a warm shining sun with sea temperature of 18º Celsius. The sequence of the photos show a bodyboard 360º maneuver.