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NOMAD SURF CAMP – ALGARVE

The First surf summer camp in Portugal for Teenagers

 

Nomad Surf Camps has been organising surf summer camps for kids in Algarve, Portugal since 2000.  And this is actually the first surf summer camp for kids in Portugal.

Surfing is our passion and we want to share this with you.  Our goal is to offer you the best summer holidays and surfing experience of your life, laughing and meeting people from all over the world who will become friends for life.

 

There is a maximum of 40 kids per week and the summer surf camp and is for boys and girls between 12 and 17. The accommodation for the teens is close to Vale Figueiras beach, a comfortable Surf house surrounded by nature, in the natural park of Algarve and only 1 hour from Faro International airport. The camps are 7 days although most kids stay for two weeks.

 

Surf Courses are split into three levels: total beginners who will learn the easiest way to surf and improve their technique, Intermediate surfers, and advanced surfers. Plenty of activities, prizes, gifts and lots of fun.  We proud ourselves to be an international surf summer camp where English is mainly spoken. The children will be spoken to in English most of the time. We also offer English Language classes in the evenings (optional).

 

The team consists of qualified coaches, who speak several languages and all the elements are combined to provide kids with professional, pleasurable and efficient training. The Team has dedicated their life to surf and has over 15 years of experience in junior training

 

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THE ACCOMMODATION

Our kids surf camp in Algarve

 

The surf house is located on the private property of 10,000 square meters in the Natural park of Alentejo. This friendly and safe surf summer camp for kids in Portugal can accommodate up to 40 teenagers. The camp consists of the main building with a big dining area and an outside area with swimming pool and skate ramp where the kids can play and have fun.

 

Outdoor Area

  • Swimming pool
  • Skate Ramp
  • Chill out area
  • Yoga wooden deck

Spacious living room

  • Internet access
  • Billiard
  • Water and coffee always available

Rooms

  • Separate dorms for boys and for girls.
  • Rooms can be of  4, 6 or 8 people.
  • Prices include accommodation in shared dorms.

 

Food

Eating is one of  the best pleasures and we know how important this is. The food is abundant and delicious. If a kid doesn’t like the food for any particular reasons we will make sure to cook him or her something else something of their taste.

Breakfast: Served at the surf camp, a delicious breakfasts buffet with freshly squeezed orange juice, fruit, different hams, bacon, cheese, different cereal, etc. Freshly Baked breads and Croissants. Vegetables and fruits: Salad, tomatoes and more. It’s amazing and one of the highlights of this camp!

Lunch: Picnic Lunches are given to each kid to take to the beach. 2 delicious sandwiches, a fruit of the season, chocolate, juices, and some other surprises.

Dinner: Dinners are provided at the Surfcamp.

We are a flexible surf camp and our main objective is that children have a great time and feel at home, or better!

 

Eco-Friendly

We don’t use plastic bags

We don’t use plastic cutlery

We don t use plastic plates

Our wax is bio-degradable

Our Sunscreen is vegan

 

For Parents

We have dedicated many years to the practice and teaching of surfing as qualified instructors, so Nomad Surfers created the surf summer camp Portugal in the year 2000 with great enthusiasm, specialising in minors.

 

We know the responsibility that this entails, that is why the boys/girls will be supervised 24 hours both in the surf lessons and activities extras we developed for their free time, and also at all times by our monitors, and will be always accompanied by teachers graduates. They will be surfing, doing sports and having fun but with the maximum security for them.

THE ACTIVITIES

 

The activities at our Portugal kids surf camp

 

Top 10 Best Surf Camps in Portugal

This Portugal kids surf camp is recognised to be one of the best Surf camps in Portugal, and best surf camp in Algarve by Travelmag. Feb 5th, 2019. This Algarve surf school is renowned for training junior surfers for many years. World Class beach beaks and probably the best and most consistent surf in Europe during summer.

 

The Kids’ Surf Lessons

The surf summer camp courses are split into three levels:

 

My first time surfing, or I only surf few times a year

Total beginners welcome!!

 

1st and 2nd Day.

Morning: Introduction to waves without surfboards, introduction with the surfboard always laying down. Afternoon: Practice balance, Timing, exercises to get up on the board in and out of the water.

Each participant will be recorded on video the first 2 days, and on the second day our coaches will sit with each person one on one to view the footage to identify the mistakes and discuss which things to work on during the remaining of the camp.

3rd and 4th Day.

Morning: Review the last part of the first days. Afternoon: Stand Up and Balance position.

5th and 6th Day.

Morning: Review the last part. Afternoon: Exercises of weight change from front leg to back leg, walking on board.

 

 

I can paddle on my own and stand up

Evaluation of each person to know in which level he or she has and which points to work on.

 

Program:

✔ Exercises on surf skate boards. Skate boards with front trucks that move laterally and specially designed to train rail to rail surfing.

✔ Paddling,

✔ Sitting on the board,

✔ Turning direction while sitting

✔ Explosive paddling,

✔ Paddle to the outside,

✔ Techniques to pass the waves while paddling out (Eskimo roll, etc),

✔ Catching green waves with the help of the coach pushing,

✔ Timing and reading of waves to know in which direction to paddle and when to get up.

✔ Surf green waves going left, surf green waves going right.

✔ Video analysis.

I surf short boards and want to get better

Our Portugal kids surf camp will take your surfing to the next level. The  surf coach for Improvement level is Igor Volkov who has been in the Olimpic surf team for Russia.

Evaluation of each surfer to know exactly which level he or she has and which points to work on.

 

Program:

✔ Introduction to shortboards.

✔ Duck dives,

✔ Bottom turns,

✔ Turn on the top (re-entry),

✔ Trimming,

✔ Understanding tides and currents

✔ Introduction to reefs,

✔ Getting in and out of the water,

✔ Reading swell charts

✔ Surfaris to secret spots.

 

The coach will be video recording and will correct you with an analysis at the beach and also at the surfcamp.

How are the waves?

If you are looking for the location in Europe with most consistent waves for surfing, stop searching. West Coast of Algarve is the place in Europe with most waves during summer (June, July, and August). Our beach (Vale Figueiras) is a beach break which offers the most ripplable waves. Doesn’t matter if its low, mid or high tide you will find a sand bank breaking. The best thing is that the beach is so big that you can always find yourself a wave to yourself with no crowd… all you need is to walk an extra 2 minutes along the coast.

A Typical Day

09:00 – Breakfast

09:45 – Vans to the beach

10:30 – 13:00 Training

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch

15:00 – 17:00 Training

18:30 Back at the Surf Camp ( Video, shower, relax, play, or other activities.) Language course (optional)

20:30 Dinner

22:00 Videos

Other Activities

  • Surfboard Shaping Workshop: Once every 10 days there is a workshop where we teach the kids how to shape, sand, and glass surfboards. We do the same process as if they were real surfboards but in miniature surfboards so they can take with them as a souvenir. They have a little hole on it so they can be a key chain, a necklace or just a little sculpture.
  • Beach Clean-Up: In between surf sessions, we organize a beach clean up, where the teenagers will have gloves and plastic bags to collect as much garbage as possible at the beach where we practice surfing. Every day the ocean throws thousand of kilos of plastics at many beaches around the world and this scenario is only getting worse. With this activity we try to show the kids how important it is to do our part and spread good practice to more and more people. We can not give up.
  • Yoga sessions few days a week.
  • Barbecue party at the camp.
  • Touristic excursions.
  • Nature Run once a week.
  • Beach Volleyball Competition.
  • Other fun activities at the beach
  • Other optional activities for extra cost

Are you ready for our famous party?

The last night of the week we throw a wild Dj Party. The highlight of the week at our Portugal kids surf camp.

 

Nature

Close by to the property there are stables with horses, cows, pigs, dogs, and our orchard.  Kids will be surfing, doing sports and having fun but with the maximum security for them.

 

Language Courses

Our surf summer camp in Portugal offers optional Spanish and English Language courses. The classes are only one hour per day for five days from Monday to Friday in the morning before the surf lessons or in the afternoon so no one will miss out on any surfing. The classes are fun and most of the time they will be taught in the open air (Beach, fields, with the animals at the nearby farms, etc).

 

Certified and native teacher is Jane Hayward

Certified by Cambridge as an English language teacher (CELTA).

 

“Originally from Brighton and with 16 years of teaching experience, I provide fun and effective made-to-measure English lessons for kids, teens and adults. Passionate about teaching and language learning, I also have over two years of experience teaching French, Spanish and Portuguese.”

 
 

 

 

 

LOCATION & GETTING HERE

Location

Where exactly is our teen surf summer camp in Portugal?

 

If you are looking for a kids surf camp in Portugal, there is no better location than Algarve! The Junior surf camp is only 1 hour by car from Faro airport. The Surf house is ideally located between nature and the wild Vale Figueiras Beach or Arrifana Beach where the surf courses take place. (hills, birds, cows and sheep). No houses, bars, or anywhere to walk to, apart from the beach. We have everything we need to keep our teens entertained at the surf camp.

 

The Algarve is situated on the most southern part of Portugal, stretching along the Atlantic between the Spanish border and Cabo Sao Vicente, Europe’s south western most point, enjoys a privileged climate all year round, in brightly colored and fertile surroundings covered with orange, fig, and almond groves.

 

The southern coastline is formed by a long stretch of fabulous beaches, only broken up by impressive reddish cliffs. The west coast is wilder and the sea rougher, with a string of solitary coves and beaches accessed through dirt tracks.

 

  • 30 km. N of Sagres
  • 30 km. NW of Lagos
  • 110 km. from Faro
  • 275 km. S of Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 300 km. W of Sevilla (Spain)

Getting Here

Flying to Faro (FAO)

Direct Flights from major all European cities.

 

SPAIN: Direct flight Madrid to Faro. Iberia

ITALY: 1 Conextion Milan to Faro. Easyjet / Ryanair / Veiling

FRANCE: Direct flight to Faro – Easyjet/Transavia /Ryanair

GERMANY: Ryanair /Tui Fly/Munich Transavia / air Berlin

NETHERLANDS: Transavia

 

Transfers

We offer Transfers to/ from Faro international airport and  Lagos train and Aljezur bus stations.

 

Faro airport Transfers

We offer Transfers to/ from Faro international airport 75 EUR per person per way

Pickups from Airport with a bus at 13:00 and 19:00

Drop-offs. Leaving from the surf camp at 9:00 and 13:00

 

By Train or Bus

You can also take a train or bus from Madrid or Sevilla to Lagos

 

Closest Train Station is LAGOS, 30 km.

Closest Bus Station ALJEZUR 7 km

 

Buses from Lisbon to Aljezur

Buses from Lisbon to Aljezur

 

 

What to bring

What to bring - Checklist

We have prepared a checklist to make sure your kid has everything he/she needs to have an awesome time at the camp!

 

✔ Underwear for 10 days

✔ Socks for closed shoes

✔ Summer t-shirts and shorts

✔ Long pants and sweater

✔ A raincoat

✔ Sports Shoes for Skate classes

✔ Flipflops/ Sandals

✔ Swimsuit / bikini

✔ Beach towel

✔ Small backpack to carry things to the beach

✔ Pijamas

✔ Toiletry kit (Toothpaste and toothbrush, champoo, gel, etc.)

✔ Hat or visor

✔ Sunscreen

✔ The mobile phone is optional, the idea is that are disconnected from the electronics.

✔ Pocket money (all meals are included but it is good to have a little extra money to buy some ice cream or drink on the beach or during excursions, or extra optional activities).

PRICES & PACKAGES

Book early !!! Limited availability !!!

Dates

Surf summer Camp 1 24 June – 1 Jul 7 Nights
Surf summer Camp 2 1 – 8 July 7 Nights
Surf summer Camp 3 8 – 15 July 7 Nights
Surf summer Camp 4 15 – 22 July 7 Nights
Surf summer Camp 5 22 – 29 July 7 Nights

Prices

1 week 1100 EUR
2 weeks 2200 EUR
3 weeks 3300 EUR
4 weeks 4300 EUR

*The average stay is 2 weeks

 

Inclusions

✔ Shared room accommodation at Surf House

✔ Full Board (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

✔ Surf lessons and all necessary equipment

✔ English Language classes (optional)

✔ Lagos Pick up and drop off. Train/Bus station (free)

✔ Faro Airport Pick up and drop off (extra cost)

✔ Lisbon Airport transfers (Extra cost)

✔ Other activities. (Skate board, games etc)

✔ Yoga

✔  Goody Bag 

✔  Last night party and lots of fun

 

 

Languages classes

5 days of English Language classes 200 EUR. The classes are only 1 hour long. The objective is that children learn at least a handful of few important phrases of words per day.

 

 

Faro airport transfers

Faro Airport Pick up – 75 Eur per pereson per way.  

Pickups from Faro with a bus at 13:30 and 19:00 

Drop-offs at Airport on check out day at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm

 

 We accompany kids that come and leave to FARO airport only, on the official dates  of the camps. The responsible person going to be at he airport since 10:30 till 19:00 to meet kids on arrival and help on check in / leave kids at departure.

 

Transfers on different times or dates

The pick up and drop off out of dates, out of time (too early or too late), or in Lisbon airport is possible, but it will be provided by the transfers company. The driver will be waiting on the arrivals for pick ups and drop off kids at the departure, without making a check in with the kids. Only for the kids older than 14 years old.*

*Please verify with the airline company what is the allowed age to make check in without an accompanying by the adult.

 

Faro Airport Pick up or Drop off for kids of 14 years old or older, transfer is by taxi and not include the accompanying at the airport (via check in, etc.)

 

Faro – 1 to 3 pax – 200 per way per car 

Faro – 4 to 8 pax – 240€ per way per car

 

Lisbon Airport Pick up –  570 EUR per van 1 to 4 people per way,

660 EUR per van 5 to 8 persons per way (pickups and drop-offs from 11 am to 4 pm official dates),

 

Check-in time

The Surfcamp for children in the Algarve starts in the afternoon. Check-in after 4 PM  

 

Check-out time

On check out day, the departures in the mornings after breakfast, although we can drop off at a later time if necessary.

 

The lunch on Arrival / Departure dates is included for children, that stays with us for the next camp / prolong the stay. Cost of extra lunch is 10EUR.

 

Compulsory Travel Insurance

It is compulsory to have travel insurance to attend the surf camp.

You may use any travel insurance you want. You will be asked to send us copy of the insurance orelse you will not be accepted. Here is a few insurances:

World Nomads

Safety Wing

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