Where to windsurf?
Beginners
Have the widest choice of locations with all of our resorts offering a great environment in which to start windsurfing along with an excellent array of wide style boards and lightweight rigs.
Intermediates
will also find the majority of our resorts, with the exception of The Retreat in Sivota, offer great conditions and allow fast progress with attentive tuition and the right equipment.
Experts
looking for the very best conditions, tuition and performance equipment should head for the Coralia Beachclub in
Dahab, Egypt, The Cosmos Beachclub in
Vassiliki, Greece and The Seaside Beachplus Club in
Ortakent, Turkey.
Beachclubs
Our inclusive, progressive and friendly tuition programmes at the following centres will put you on the right track.
Finikounda - Light morning winds, warm water and safe, sandy beach allow beginner windsurfers to gain confidence and really enjoy getting to grips with this sport. Stronger afternoon cross onshore winds are great for intermediates, with our expert instructors keen to help with harness, footstraps and waterstart sessions.
Vassiliki - Vassiliki is one of Europe’s most famous windsurfing destinations, and a well known Mecca for windsurfers who want to blast on flat water. If you want to learn to windsurf then don’t let Vassiliki’s reputation put you off, as the morning breeze is always gentle. However, when ‘Eric’, Vassiliki’s famous wind, kicks in for the afternoon, experts can choose from the impressive array of high performance kit. If you still have the energy, we offer late safety cover most evenings when the winds blow.
Porto Heli - Beginner and intermediate windsurfers will enjoy the mix of wind conditions, with flat water in the bay creating excellent conditions for learning the basics and intermediates to learn harness technique.
Dahab - Windsurfers of every level and ability will find conditions to suit them in Dahab. In front of the hotel the beach shelves gently providing easy launching and gentler winds - ideal for beginners and intermediates. There is also an area known as the speed course with a choice of flat or choppy water, great for cracking advanced manoeuvres. Beyond the outer reef is ‘Kamikaze’ an area with ‘bump ‘n’ jump’ conditions for expert sailors.
Due to the fantastic wind conditions, our centre in Dahab is a Starboard and Tushingham test centre. The Starboard boards which grace the Dahab board rack are the most up to date models, well suited to local conditions and include Formula 160, Flare, Isonic, Carve, S-Type, F-Type, Kombat and Start.
Beachplus Clubs
In our Beachplus Clubs you will experience a more informal style of
teaching. Shorter group sessions are available on a daily basis for
beginners and improvers. You just put your name down at the beginning
of your holiday for the session(s) of your choice to guarantee a place.
If there’s something you’re particularly keen to get to grips with and
there’s no dedicated clinic, just ask and one of our beachfront staff
will be more than happy to help.
Lesvos - The wind conditions after breakfast are ideal for beginner windsurfers, with light winds that build steadily throughout the day. The afternoons provide great sailing conditions for improver windsurfers.
Halkidiki
- The light morning breeze is the ideal environment for beginner windsurfers to get on the water, the afternoon brings a stronger breeze, perfect for tuning skills and blasting across the water.
Lemnos
- Breezier afternoons are ideal for improver windsurfers.
Sivota
- The very light winds of Sivota provide flat, calm waters. Beginners to windsurfing enjoy this gentle environment, though intermediate sailors will rarely be challenged.
Ortakent
- The wind builds slowly throughout the day with flat beginner conditions close to shore. By the afternoon, the wind usually picks up to a fresh force 4 offering exciting and challenging conditions for improvers and adventurous beginners, who will enjoy the excellent choice of boards for all levels and conditions.