Windsurfing holidays

If you want to learn how to windsurf, inclusive sessions will cover the basics. You will learn rigging, launching, landing and sailing around a triangular course on all points of sail.

If you're looking to gain your Royal Yachting Association (RYA) 'Start Windsurfing' qualification and certificate, speak to one of our instructors when you arrive and you never know, wind and weather permitting, you could be taking home a qualification as well as a suntan.

RYA 'Start Windsurfing' for beginners is available in all beachclubs.

You can already sail on all points in light winds and you’ve experienced the first part of the intermediate course (non planing). Now’s the time to start building on your skills to get the board planing. You’ll be working on faster tacks, using the harness and getting in the foot straps. There’ll also be sessions on beach starting and carve gybes.

We’ll need a bit of a breeze to get you planing, so head to Baia dei Mori, Alana, Cosmos, Messini, Buca, Portomyrina Palace or Aeolian Village Beachclubs if you want to join the intermediate (planing) windsurf sessions.

You’ll find boards and rigs for all levels, chosen to match the local conditions from brands such as Starboard, RRD and Fanatic. All you need to remember is your board shorts, rash vest and sun cream. We’ll take care of the rest. 

The exact kit list will vary depending on the wind conditions at each beachclub and the level of tuition offered. Check out the individual beachclub pages for a guide to the windsurf sails and boards we plan to have available for your use.

If your kids love windsurfing, they'll love Hot Shots - a multi-activity water-based kids' club designed for children who are mad for the water. 

Day in and day out they will be windsurfing, dinghy sailing, stand up paddle boarding and kayaking with a bunch of other youngsters. The Hot Shots club follows the RYA Youth Scheme and can be booked for a supplement of £195 per week.

Not everybody wants to go to the club and older kids who love water sports (14 years and above) can join the adult teaching sessions. Children aged 13 and below can windsurf with a parent or guardian. 

Join us for a series of windsurf and wind foiling clinics run by Sam Ross, one of the UK’s most qualified and experienced windsurf coaches, who started his career with us as a windsurf instructor.

To ensure maximum progression, each clinic has a maximum of ten places and is available for a supplement.  Join us for an Intermediate windsurf week on 10 June 2021 and a foiling week on 17 June 2021.