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If you’ve never windsurfed before you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to grasp the basics. It’s a lot of fun to learn, (even a life-changing experience for some), and made even better with our very own, and rather brilliant Royal Yachting Association instructors. They’re on hand to help you every step of the way!
Join our free ‘Start Windsurfing’ lesson at the start of your week to get you up to speed and then take part in our free programme of daily lessons. If you want some more focussed tuition then try our RYA Level 1 ‘Start Windsurfing’ course (only £69 for 8-10 hours tuition) and you’ll go home with a new Internationally recognised RYA certificate at the end of your stay.
Windsurfing lessons are included in all our holidays, at all our centres. If you’re a complete beginner then join our comprehensive ‘Start Windsurfing’ lesson at the beginning of your week. It’s free to join, lots of fun and you will learn to windsurf around a triangular course, enjoying the warm waters and gentle breezes in front of our Beach Clubs. These lessons will equip you with the necessary skills to free-sail our great boards and windsurf kit all week, in calm conditions.
We also include a daily programme of free-and-inclusive lessons for five days a week so you can improve your skills. Lessons are delivered by our very own Royal Yachting Association (RYA) instructors and they run for 1 to 1.5 hours a session. They’ll teach you lots of great tips to keep you windsurfing gently along, doing your first tacks and even mastering your first gybes. By the end of your first week, you should be a competent light winds sailor.
Alongside our free daily lessons, you can also take an RYA course if you’re keen. It will give you more focussed tuition and you can work towards a level of the RYA syllabus and attain your RYA Level 1 qualification. From only £69 for 10 hours of tuition they’re great value!
If you would like some more focussed tuition during your week, (to add to our daily programme of free tuition), and work towards a level of the RYA syllabus, this course could be for you. These courses run in smaller group sizes and follow the Ocean Elements Fast Forward coaching technique. Afterwards, you’ll have earned a new RYA Windsurfing qualification and made some great sailing friends along the way.
It’s a very practical course and almost all of it is enjoyed on-the-water with lots of windsurfing in fair conditions. By the end of it, you’ll have learned how to sail confidently to a chosen point and back, in light winds, and shared some great times on the water with fellow guests. We'll also cover rigging, launching and recovery. Courses are for ages 14+. Under 13's can join our free kids club for sailing and windsurfing tasters.
WIndsurfing is not as hard as you might think, and our Level 1 course is an exciting activity which makes it easy for all levels of fitness (young and old) to join in an feel the thrill of moving along on a windsurf board with wind-power alone! If it doesn’t rock your world, we think that little else will!
Our instructors make it fun and enjoyable and we use our ‘Fast Forward’ coaching techniques with small group sizes (6 students, max) to quicken the learning curve. You’ll progress at your own pace whilst making new windsurfing friends in our sociable learning groups.
We run the course in the mornings, in calm conditions, often after our free daily sessions have ended. Most of the course is out on the water and your instructor and a support boat is always close by. Our modern and up-to-date kit with super-stable boards makes learning fun and easy. After your course, you’ll be able to windsurf in light winds and have earned your RYA Level 1 ‘Start Windsurfing’ certificate. If you’re staying for two weeks, then try your Level 2 as well.
Over the last ten years, we’ve taught thousands of guests to learn to windsurf and sail. It’s our energetic, top-notch team of British RYA instructors that make it all so great! They run sociable learning groups using the Ocean Elements ‘Fast Forward’ learning principles. All our centres have the right conditions and kit to help you progress and we love teaching people to sail. Perhaps that’s why our instructors scored 98% ‘Excellent’ from our client surveys from 2018. We pick our staff for their friendly and outgoing natures and they’re always on hand to help you rig up, get launched and teach you some tips - whether you’re in a lesson or not!
All our resorts offer the perfect conditions for beginner windsurfers, where reliable winds and warm, waist deep waters (along with our free tuition!) help quicken the learning curve.
Learning has never been easier with our latest generation of wide and stable beginner boards with small sails and lightweight rigs. Our daily programme of (free) windsurfing lessons will run for five days a week. Beginner lessons run in the mornings when the breeze is light and the sea is flat, allowing you to free-sail our boards for the rest of your day; or join one of our excellent RYA Level 1 courses to further your progression.
The Surf Hotel in Vassiliki is our specialist windsurf centre and has the greatest range of kit. But all our centres are ideal for beginners, especially Nautica Bay in Porto Heli.
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We sell sailing gloves, rash vests, quick dry T-Shirts, sunglasses bands at all our centres
“A perfect balance of coaching (on the grass) and getting on the water had me and my son (aged 15) windsurfing in strong winds in 3 days. As complete novices this far exceeded our expectations. Great location, great staff and excellent equipment.”
Reviewed 13 July 2018
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