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Hello Everyone, We hardly ever ask for donations for charities; there are so many good causes to choose from. A friend of ours and a friend of many, many visitors and residents of Cabarete had a terrible cycling accident 5 years ago. Uber Matos, with his huge smile and incredibly friendly personality was one of the hardest working [...]
As the weather turns distinctly chilly in North America and Europe, we understand why residents of these Northern hemisphere countries start to set their minds towards warmer places for their getaway-warm-up. There’s a wealth of countries/islands to choose from so here we are, putting forward the case for Cabarete, here on the North coast, Dominican [...]
The well-respected Frommer’s Guide recently published it’s World Top 10 Destination Surf Camps and Swell surf camp, right here in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, has made it onto the list; a proud achievement for the Team who set up and continue to run Swell. The achievement is more remarkable as Swell has been open for less than 3 [...]
Autumn – we Love it!! It means the end of the small wave season and for the most part, the windy season too and heralds the arrival of the swells that come from the North, when waves are cleaner, bigger and have better intervals. Paddling is easier and the rides longer. Q. Why do Dominican [...]
Ever wondered what an active surf vacation might look like? Swell surf camp guest, Jon Ryder recently visited Cabarete to surf, snorkel, hike up the 27 waterfalls of Damajagua and enjoy a bit of a party in our great Caribbean town on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. More info at Swell surf [...]
After a few seasons of on-and-off wind, Cabarete’s historically reliable summer trade winds are back with a vengeance. At Swell, we are no longer worrying that those clients of ours who have booked their Learn to Kite courses will be disappointed; far from it, they are returning to the camp, completely exhausted from an awesome session [...]
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 [...]