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Swell surf camp is teaming up with Cabarete Language Institute to provide Spanish courses, combined with learning to surf and/or staying at Swell surf camp right here in Cabarete. If surfing’s not your thing, we can also teach you to kite-surf! Please contact us for further information on which courses will be on offer at [...]
Cabarete has a lot of very good places to dine out. If you want to know where best to spend your cash to eat out in Cabarete, we have just updated our dining out webpage to update info on the older Cabarete restaurants that are maintaining their high standards and also included the good new [...]
This weekend hosts the Masters Surf Reunion at Playa Encuentro. A well organized event by Ricardo Ripoll, this competition will have some great surfers competing and the timing could not be better, with a nice big North swell arriving at the same time. Get yourself down to the beach to take part in the action [...]
Swell Surf Camp We have always been very proud of the hotel Jim and I created, which has been #1 in the Trip Advisor Popularity Rating practically since we opened, but Swell is now an award-winning hotel, receiving the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence, 2011. Our guests return time and time again – if you [...]
It has been an amazing month already for surf conditions, May rarely sees the type of surf wave perfection we have been enjoying in the last week. This time of year the storms passing through the US are normally over and our surf calms down to a perfect beginner-sized wave. Instead, we have seen 2.5 [...]
We are very happy to report that once again, Luciano Gonzalez, our chief Surf instructor at Swell has won this year’s Master of the Ocean competition, held each year in Cabarete. For the first time, the competition, which combines the 3 disciplines of surf, kitesurf and windsurf, included Stand-up-Paddleboarding (commonly known as SUP). This competition [...]
Jim’s really enjoying his Coreban SUP…… so much better than the crappy Naish SUP boards (another one has broken after just one year). He shot this footage with his Go-Pro camera, this time mounted on the front of the SUP. Julian Kidd is the other rider out with him – another big SUP fan. Click [...]
Apartment for sale Cabarete This unique, big town center apartment is just a few meters from the beach and sits in lovely grounds with a large swimming pool, parking and storage area. It has 3/4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a large vaulted living space with spacious terrace. Click here to view more details.
So finally, after almost 6 months and one board going missing, Jim finally gets his new Stand Up Paddleboard. I know I won’t be seeing him much over the next few mornings as he enjoys himself in the waves on Cabarete Reef. He bought a Coreban SUP, one of the most sought-after boards on the [...]
Cabarete Spinning has a brand new studio, thanks to the new extension at Janet’s supermarket at the East end of town. The last three weeks have been, without doubt, the busiest of my entire life; Great new staff joining us at Swell, getting less than two week’s notice to quit my old spinning studio venue [...]