World Surf Trips

Positive Vibe - Mishka

2010-05-24T07:28:00.000-07:00

Born to a Bermudian father and Canadian mother, Mishka is bringing his brand of soulful roots-reggae across Canada this October as part of the Exclaim! Fall Concert Series with Canadian headliner Bedouin Soundclash. Mishka’s socially conscious lyrics, seductive vocals, and hypnotic reggae grooves have garnered a solid worldwide cult following since 1999.

Talk About (2010) and Above the Bones (2009), are some of the albuns you can listen in Grooveshark entirely free.

Or you can find more information on his website

Maldives - Preview

2010-05-18T08:37:00.000-07:00

The next trip takes us to paradise on Earth - Maldives.

Hot water and perfect waves are the main attractions of the spot.

But to be different ... instead of a surf trip, why not do a boat trip.

Stay tuned...

Morocco

2010-05-12T12:16:00.000-07:00

During the past decades, the right point breaks and beach breaks dug in Morocco, has attracted surfers from around the world.

Peaks with little crowd, no sharks and good infrastructure, make Morocco an unforgettable trip and an obligatory stop for surfers on duty.

Waves 02-12 feet

When: October to April

Located in northern Africa, Morocco has around 28 million people, mostly Muslims fundamentalists what makes Morocco a safe place to travel.

A country that gained independence in 1956, after passing through the hands of Spanish and French. Arabic, French, Spanish and Berber, are the most spoken languages in the country.

Capital - Rabat

Money - Dirham (DH)

The best season for surfing is from October to April, when the region receives all the swells coming from the North Atlantic, but without receiving the cold currents that plague Europe in this period. This is the ideal time to surf some of the best right point breaks in the world.

The surf is concentrated mainly in the region around Tarhazoute (50min Agadir), where many point and beach breaks are easily found.

Waves 02-12 feet

When: October to April.

Killer Point: Point break right. Killers are the most consistent wave Tarhazoute, receiving swells from all directions. With a swell of good size, the wave can reach 400m in length.

Mysteries: Point break right. Dug a wave that works best with a medium to swell with the tide filling.

Anka Point: Point break right. The most famous wave of Morocco. But needs a good swell with ideal size to get, the bigger the swell the longer the wavelength and thus less crowd focuses on the air drop. Begins to break starting at 1 meter.

Banana Beach: Beack break. A beach break south of the village of Tamrhakht, breaks between 1m and 2m, begins to close at low tide and large swell.

Devil's Rock: Beach break. One of the few places where you can surf left a high quality, 2km south of Banana Village is worth checking from time to time.

La Source: Point break right. This wave is the inside of Mysteries and is a great option for those days small, medium and better with swells rising tide.

Until the next spot...

Next Stop - Morocco

2010-04-29T01:27:00.000-07:00

On the next world surf trip, we continue to discover the African coast... Morocco is the next stop

Cabo Verde

2010-04-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

Point breaks, pipes and many walls long uncrowded, sunny and hot water a few hours by plane from Europe, a friendly people, no stress, no crime, no mosquitoes or endemic diseases.

Almost everyone who travels to Santo Antao and Sao Vicente do it by plane from Lisbon airport, flying by TAP or TACV by on daily flights to international airports or Sal Beach, followed by an internal flight to San Vicente .

Santo Antao and Sao Vicente are bathed twelve months year, warm waters, sunshine and hot weather which makes these beaches to three hours by plane from Lisbon a destination for both easy and enjoyable as a nice tutorial for some excellent uncrowded and Surfaris waves. Combining important factors such as affordability, lack of crime, disease, or mosquitoes.

These islands appear on the map as the most western Africa, near the middle of the Atlantic received during the months of winter / spring the big swells of the North Atlantic and during the Summer / Autumn the undulations of the South Atlantic by offering a consistent surf all year in a jagged coastline, full of reefs, point breaks and beaches of fine sand alternating between the colors of St. Vincent and the dark colors of Santo Antao.
These islands are in its east and west coasts that receive excellent peak ripple waves perpendicular to the coast offering long, some with much power coming from the great depths of the ocean and suddenly find these beaches to burst.

Many of the internationally renowned Spots are generally known, but most are secret spots where they gather ridden elusive, or deserted beaches where you learn to surf surrounded by peace and incredible natural beauty.

Summer is the holiday season and the swell of the South, and therefore ideal conditions for beginners to surf. In fact it is in summer the waves are smaller and smoother, so is the beach break waves that appear more surfáveis. In the islands of St. Living predominate beach breaks to the north and south, and is always a beach with ideal conditions for beginners and intermediate surfer. The crowd at this point is not a problem because we always have a beach outside the general knowledge and virtually exclusive to our classes for Beginner, Improvement and Techniques of Competition. The water temperature in these months is around 27 ° Celsius in the fact that a 3 / 2 or even a short enough for our surfed.

Is autumn the Atlantic Ocean wakes up and starts to send rows of waves originating sorted perfect day for the sport, to the delight of surfers who can not live without being in constant contact with the waves. The water temperature remains relatively warm, so a really short 2 / 2 is sufficient and most of the summer crowd is gone away.

In the winter conditions become more demanding, the wind blows harder and the waves often exceed 2-3 feet in places most exposed to the entrance of the waves. But it is here that St. Anthony and St. Vincent make a difference compared to other surf destinations throughout Europe.
Due to the peculiar cut of the coast of the islands, with several bays and sheltered places, it is always possible to find a spot where you can surf wave surfing more accessible. While this season in Spain, France or the UK water temperature is around the 8 / 10 degrees Celsius, Cabo Verde water temperature never fall in 23 Celsius so a really short 3 / 2 mm is sufficient, possibly some boots protect the less experienced of sea urchins. The best thing is that the crowds are nonexistent or very low throughout the year and so there will always be plenty of space in the line up.

With spring temperatures begin to rise and the intensity of the swell remains but now with less size and originating from storms in the middle of the Atlantic. At this time the winds may blow in different directions on the same day. Here it is essential local knowledge to surf the right time at right place. We can easily catch magic waves.

Until the next beach...

Preview - Cabo Verde

2010-04-20T06:44:00.000-07:00

Point breaks, pipes and many walls long uncrowded, sunny and hot water a few hours by plane from Europe.

Next Spot - Cabo Verde

Portugal - Leça da Palmeira

2010-04-15T14:11:00.000-07:00

Leça da Palmeira is a bustling seaside resort located a short drive north of Oporto, Portugal’s second largest city.

Traditionally a fishing town, the population swells during the summer months on account of its long sandy beach.

The town is also popular for its numerous high-quality fish and seafood restaurant dotted along the coast road.

We can come to Leça da Palmeira, car, plane or train.

If you come from outside of Portugal, you can just take a flight to Oporto. There are several companies that make economic flights EasyJet, to Oporto.

On arrival at the airport, follow in direction to Leça da Palmeira 5.6 km - about 11 minutes. You can get rent a car in the airport.

We can start looking for place to sleep. Although there aren't plenty of information about hostel and pension, by just a quick search on Googleyou will find something. Here are some suggestions

Active Hotels

Mais Turismo

The beach is a long stretch of sand, has fewer rocks as they walked south. Ideal for practicing bodyboard and surf, caution is needed with the sea because of their dangerousness. Beach with good infrastructure is one of the busiest in the county. It is also known as Praia da Refinaria.

Large waves and very aggressive sea, are some of the features of this beach ... where there is no need of wings to fly high.

The project Flatland gives us to know better through the locals, one of the best spots in the north shore of Portugal.

You can get more information at Flatland
There are several videos available on YouTube, where you can see the true strength of this wave.

Here is a sample

Until the next beach...

See also Supertubos - Portugal, one of the best waves in Europe

New Photos

2010-04-14T11:55:00.000-07:00

New photos at World Surf Trips

Preview - Leça da Palmeira

2010-04-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

In the next trip, we go to Leça da Palmeira in Portugal...

Flatland the Movie at Flatland

Spain - El Fronton

2010-04-04T11:43:00.000-07:00

The spot is about 200 meters right from La Guancha.You ought to take the road to Bocabarranco in Gáldar and arrived near the arqueologic rest (El Agujero).Then you take the off road that border the shore and in 5 min. you can watch it.

El Fronton - one of the best waves on the island more aggressive Adrenalina Pura! "Tubes without end."

This place is situated in the district Gáldar, which is 26km from Las Palmas. Gáldar dramatically is the part of a volcano, which can also be seen from Paseo Canteras in Las Palmas.

To get to El Fronton, the spectacular surf spots and famous is also known abroad, you will Gáldar city, which has 30,000 inhabitants to the village Caleta de Arriba. For newcomers, this road passing through a labyrinth of banana plantations, it is difficult to find. If you lose, you just have to ask passers-by - everyone knows El Fronton.

El Fronton is unique, powerful and requires courage and experience. This wave breaks in two directions and these two waves crash in the middle causing a tremendous explosion and possible jumps, tubes and other antics, especially for bodyboarder. But surfers have dominated this wave classics no longer be hurt. (As you can see in the picture above) and lenguaraces say, they were not satisfied with El Fronton.

The reason for the "only" fat "tube in El Fronton is a roundabout almost stone platform, which disappears when the tide is high at 1 m below the surface of the sea. When the water recedes at low tide, this platform, which already broke several bones of surfers come to light.

El Fronton with Guilherme Tâmega...

Apart from the surf spot Confital in Las Palmas, can be called without problems, El Fronton master's examination of all the surfers from the Canary Islands.

El Fronton - El Punto Sin Retorno

2010-03-29T15:09:00.000-07:00

In the next article, one of the most powerful waves...El Fronton - EL PUNTO SIN RETORNO

San Sebastian (Donostia) - Spain

2010-03-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

This summer I'm thinking of doing a surf trips with some friends to the north of Spain ... precisely to San Sebastian - Donostia.

I have been there some years ago, but then to watch a football tournament of my brother:)

Stunning scenary, spectaular architecture, delicious restaurants and lively night life make surf holidays in San Sebastian a great option.

At the time did not take attention to the potential of beaches for surfing...if you know what i mean

I decided to search on the web, for more information....

We have several alternatives to reach San Sebastian

By air

You can fly to San Sebastian airport (19 km from the city) from Madrid or Barcelona. From the airport you can take a taxi (around €24). A bus (€1.30) runs every 30 minutes.

Alternatively you can fly to Bilbao, an hour away (96 km), with flights from London, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Geneva, etc. From Bilbao airport you can get to San Sebastian by taxi (around €100) or bus, with a service every hour from linking Bilbao and San Sebastian. To get to the bus station in Bilbao you can take a taxi or 2 buses.

A third option is Biarritz airport (50 km away), with flights from Paris and London-Stansted. A bus and a train link Biarritz and San Sebastian. From the airport to either station you can take a taxi or a bus, the train station being closer to the airport and less expensive.
By coach

San Sebastian is a one-hour trip from Bilbao, Pamplona and Biarritz. There are regular, daily departures to and from Madrid (5 h) and Barcelona (6 h), as well as coach services to and from many European cities.
By train

San Sebastian is on the Paris-Madrid route, with the TGV connecting us with Paris in under 6 hours, and services to all of Spain's major cities. There are regular local trains from Hendaye, on the French border, 20 km away.
By boat

There is a weekly ferry service running between Portsmouth and Bilbao, with Tuesday and Saturday sailings.

By car

We can see several sites to estimate the cost of our road trip ... one of them is the ViaMichelin

Parking in the centre of San Sebastian can be difficult and parking time is generally restricted and charged. Cars do not have access to the old part and pedestrian streets.

The school has two parking spaces available for rent.
Meeting and transfer service

These prices are for arrivals and departures between 08:00 and 22:00. Outside this time there will be an increase of 25%.

* Bilbao airport: €120 (1 person); €75 (2 people, per person); €56 (3 people, per person)
* Biarritz airport: €92 (1 person); €60 (2); €42 (3)
* San Sebastian airport: €54 (1 person); €32 (2); €27 (3)
* Irun-Hendaya train station: €54 (1 person); €32 (2); €27 (3)

Prices given are for 2009 and 2010.

After some research I found the ideal spot for surfing ... La Zurriola

A left hand beach break breaking over sand.

It's a pretty crowded place.. A lot of surfers from all over the world are united here.. You need experience here, definetly on the wild days!! In the afternoon the waves are at their best..

Surf

Bodyboard

I do not know if we're going camping on the beach or go to a hostel. In any case, here is a website of reference for the various existing hostels in San Sebastian.

For now, that's all folks... cheers

Portugal - Supertubos

2010-03-19T18:02:00.001-07:00

We head over Supertubos - Portugal, where we can find one of the best waves in this country.

With around 600 miles of coast, much of which is sandy beach, Portugal is a beach-goer's paradise. Add Portugal's excellent climate and you can see why portugal rates as one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe.

Portugal's beaches vary widely in both appearance and the range of activities they offer.

Unlike other countries in Southern Europe, whose coasts face into the calm waters of the Mediterranean, Portugal faces the full force of the Atlantic Ocean. As a reult they provide some of the best surf and surfing in Europe.

You can come to Portugal in many ways, the most practical using the plane. Terminal A offers us several low costs flights from all over the world, where Lisbon is the point of destination.

Once arrived in Lisbon, we can choose to rent a car and go directly to Peniche or save some money and either:

- take a taxi to Parque das Nações and then take the subway to the Sete Rios( where a subway ride costs € 0.80) and then take a bus to Peniche.

- take a taxi to Sete Rios to then take a bus to Peniche.

Additional information about the bus station:
Address: Praça Marechal Humberto Delgado - Rua das Laranjeiras | 1500-543 LISBOA
Phone:+351 213581460

On the way we imagine the waves to come, the clear sea and the super pipe ...

but we still need a spot to sleep...

We can choose several forms of accommodation ... Hotels(Hotel Praia Norte
, Hotel Dona Rita Park Resort) Surf Camps (Peniche Surf Camp, 58 surf) and campsites.

A few meters from the beach Supertubos there is a campsite, where we can perfectly walk to the beach.

Information:
Camping Parque Municipal de Campismo
Address - Av. Monsenhor M. Bastos, Peniche 2520-206 , Leiria (Portugal)
Phone - +351 262789696

But you can browse the net, there is plenty of information. Once installed, we can start thinking about the days of surfing ahead ...

If you come in winter, get ready and perhaps the camp is not a good idea, since it is very cold and it rains a lot, but the sea is usually giant.

In the summer time is much better, despite being almost always morning fog ... but what matters are the waves ..

You can also see the forecast to Supertubos at Winguru

It is without doubt one of the best waves in Portugal ... and now "Elvis has left the building" cu's I still have to go catch some waves at Supertubos... Cheers