Cabarete Blog

Learn Spanish & Surfing in Cabarete

CabareteBlog — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:40:45 +0000

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 Swell and how we can tailor one to suit you

Check out the Learn Spanish & Surfing courses on Swell’s website

Cabarete Massage and Beauty Therapies

Clare — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:12:23 +0000

Cabarete people, Kit has an open evening at her wonderful day-spa, Naomie’s this Friday evening. I know that she’s spent a lot of time preparing her store for the Christmas Holidays and the sheer choice and quality of her many products on offer is immense. Kit’s massages and beauty treatments are absolutely the best in town – she has a ton of experience to make sure that you get the very best service and quality.

Kit is an expert in waxing with a silky smooth result

She also has a wonderful range of top skin-care brands………..

and the latest in Light-Therapy treatments to improve skin toneand easily the best massages in town…………………………

an afternoon or morning at Naomie Day Spa is a delightful way to spend some time pampering yourself – Kit’s massage and beauty treatment is located inside El Patio opposite Dicks Bakery, right in the center of Cabarete. There’s parking behind too, so access is easy for you. You can visit Kit’s own website to choose from a menu of treatments by clicking here Friday evening kicks off at 6pm and there will be live music and free drinks! You can visit Kit on Facebook too Happy Massage!

check the updated restaurant guide for Cabarete

CabareteBlog — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:49:23 +0000

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 restaurants in town – take a look at the Cabarete Restaurant Guide

Masters Surf Reunion

CabareteBlog — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:36:55 +0000

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 or to watch some good surfing action.

You can see their Facebook page here

Swell Surf Camp – Trip Advisor Reviews

CabareteBlog — Sat, 28 May 2011 14:28:36 +0000

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 would like to find out why ours is such a great place to stay while you learn to surf, stand up paddleboard (SUP) or learn to kiteboard, click here or visit us on facebook

Surf and Stand up Paddleboarding Cabarete

CabareteBlog — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:06:46 +0000

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 metres + of North Swell direction, offering a line up of glassy waves every experienced surfer dreams of.

Jim was out on the SUP at Bozo Reef, Cabarete – enjoying the waves to himself……you can see one of his sessions on this video.

At Swell surf camp, we are pleased to announce that we are now offering Yoga as a regular part of our surf, spinning and SUP line-up. Surfing and Yoga are the perfect mix of disciplines and if you want more, for that extra cardiovascular fitness, you can also do our famous Spinning classes in central Cabarete.

2011 Master of the Ocean Competition, Cabarete

CabareteBlog — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:18:29 +0000

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 is hard at the best of times and Luciano put in months of tough training to achieve his goal of being untouchable in this competition. Congratulations to him; he richly deserves the title.

You can see Luciano in action here

Stand up Paddleboarding Cabarete …….. perfect day

CabareteBlog — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:50:29 +0000

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 here to see the video and enjoy

apartment for sale, Cabarete

CabareteBlog — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:05:15 +0000

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.

SUP Cabarete Bay and Kiteboarding at Encuentro

CabareteBlog — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:28:24 +0000

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 market.

To see the smile on his face when he returns to the apartment appears to have been worth the wait. It looks lovely and rides like a dream. Thank you to Poseidon Stand Up Paddle Surf Company for replacing the board that went AWOL.

Two days ago, we took our staff from Swell for a photo shoot

Luciano, JP and Martha and my son, Drew all came to Encuentro for a windy kite session. Here are some of the best pics from that session. JP and Martha have been working at Swell for the last month and are doing a great job!