Cabarete Blog

Daily life in the Caribbean surf town of Cabarete

Posts Tagged ‘swell surf camp’

Our wind kicked in this week; it’s been a while since we had it really blowing. The Swell team took to the van and drove to La Boca to begin a down wind ride in the waves. It is also a few months since I had some spare time to go. It [...]

Two days of rather frustrating ‘nearly-wind’ but not…… Many of the tourists here do the right thing and bring their 10/11/12 metre kites (or even larger) but Jim and I have 7’s and 9’s and the last couple of days it just wasn’t quite enough to ride.
Mid-August/September is storm season; the storms form off the [...]

I sent a mail to one of my mates this morning – he was asking, what r you doing for lunch today. For the first time in 5 years, I had to reply, sorry, but we’re too busy! Blimey, he replied, that’s something you don’t hear very often here.
I think we [...]

Weather is a bit yukky – some rain and a lot of cloud, but the nice thing is it cooled down a lot as the two days previously, it was sooooo hot and with no wind, we were all dying.
The construction continues at speed. First, they are concentrating on the perimeter walls [...]

We are bracing ourselves here for the busiest week for Cabarete each year. This town has long been the choice of thousands of Dominicans to take their spring break.
It begins this Wednesday/Thursday and by Friday, the town will be positively heaving. If you picture the Dominican Republic as a little poor Caribbean Island, [...]