SURF ZONE: KITE-WIND-SURF CENTRE (RENTALS & LESSONS)

*2011/2012 Ozone Kite Material: Surf Zone is the offical Ozone school in cabo verde. We stock 2011 and 2012 ozone kites and 2011 crazy fly boards. For those of you new to ozone you can click on the link below for more information. http://www.flyozone.com/kitesurf/en/products/kites/catalyst-2011/info/

Surf Zone also offers a mix of new and older windsurf material (2010-2012) to accomodate clients wanting to pay less but still have access to good quality material in good condition.

Surf zone is owned, managed and staffed by surfers. Our team members are all excellent wind surfers, kite surfers and surfers who have been living and surfing this island for over 10years, some have been here all their lives. Our present team has been together for 5 years and as such offers a very friendly and personal environment. In addition, all our team members offer the highest level of instruction and assistance to all our customers. 

Surf Zone is Cabo Verde’s largest Kite, Wind and, Surf school on the island. The school has two locations (morabeza hotel beach club & Riu hotel water sports centre) on the island of sal and a team of 9 instructors, teaching in 8 different languages. The centres specialize in teaching all levels of Kite surfing, Wind surfing and Surfing, from complete beginners to advanced.

Surf Zone locations are also fully equiped kite, wind and surf rental and teaching centres. Equipment is up-dated annually to ensure that clients have access to quality and safe material.

Surf Zones schools are located on the island of Sal which for many years has remained a well kept secret as one of the best Kite, Wind, and Surfing environments in the world. The island is home to varying conditions and surfing spots that ensures that all levels of surfers are catered to.

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Schools
Surf Zone has two schools on the island of Sal. The first school, is located in the Bay of Santa Maria. This Bay is home to 3kms of pure sandy beach and rock/reef free waters. It is perfect for long safe wind and kite surf runs. The water temperature ranges from 21-29c. The wind is slightly off-shore at the beginning of the bay and  slightly on-shore at the end of the bay. It is a surfing haven!

Sal continues to be rated as one of the World’s top class surfing destinations, as it has been gifted with trade winds from November to June and a tropical climate all year around.

The Santa Maria school is the largest Kite Surfing school on the island. All the instructors as well as the owners have an extensive background in teaching kite surfing. The entire team lives on the island all year around, and therefore have strong knowledge of the kiting enviroment across the island.

The other school is Surf Zone Riu, and is located on the west coast 500meters from the world famous wave spot Punta Preta. It is the only school on this coast. The bay and surrounding area is excellent for intermediate to advanced kite surfers and wind surfers. The wind here is often the strongest of all the surf spots on the island where schools are located. The wind direction here is more side-off shore.

Sal remains a hidden jewels in the kite surfing and wind surfing world. Only recently have people started to discover its multiple locations which offer not only excellent conditions for those wanting to learn the sport, but also challanging conditions for those wanting something new.

Lessons: Surf Zone offers either private or group lessons (2 persons per instructor). All the equipment is included in the prices of the lesson.

 

The Team

The Surf Zone team members are rated as some of the best kite, wind, and surfers on the island. Multilingual, talented, and friendly they are skilled in their ability to teach complete beginners as well as take established kite, wind, and surfers to the next level.  Our team members are mostly from the Cape Verde islands as we believe they can provide the best tuition as they have surfed here all thier lives.

Our constant presence at the school coupled with our focus on small groups and quality over quantity ensures that clients enjoy thier stay with us.

Languages: Surf Zone provides rental information and instruction in English, German, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Safety: The Surf Zone excels in its attention to safety and ensures there is an emergency rescue boat on hand.

Equipment

The Surf Zone equipment ranges from 2009 to the latest 2011 models:

  • Windsurfing: 60 boards/80 sails (between the two schools) and rigs in a range of styles and sizes-(Fanatic and taboo board, north and neil pryde sails)
  • Kitesurfing:  Ozone Kites, Boards: Sol, Haze and Crazy Fly.
  • Surf: Mini Malibu and Malibu, short and long boards (NSP & Custom), Body boards, and Kayaks   

WIND To have an idea what the wind will be like when you are here go the link below for the 7 day forecast: http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=206841

You can also click on this link to access the archives to see what the wind statistics were like in previous years/months. http://www.windguru.cz/int/historie.php?id_spot=206841&model=gfs