surfing the canaries

[scoi]

planning a trip in about 4 weeks and are looking for resort with consistant waves. Mate has caught the surfing bug a few weeks back and i'm by no means any good. Were looking for somewhere with 3-4 foot waves in a resort which has some life (not overly loud). Also how much are boards over there as i'm looking to get a new board.

Cheers

Ant

[Midnight Rider]

Yep we did F last September and whilst we lucked out with the surf you could see how it could get good witht the right swell.

The town was great too really chilled with good food. You need a hire car though to get to the right breaks.

[Real Pol]

I got back from Lanzarote on Friday. Didn't have much luck with the surf as there was little swell and really strong onshore winds.

Our first two days were good, but the surf wasn't much different to the waves we'd be riding here, the main difference was leaving the water cos you were hungry, not due to the cold or knackered arms from swimming with a suit on

We stayed in Puerto Del Carman which is the main resort, full of pubs n' clubs, unfortunately a lot offer, "real English Food" and "British Atmosphere". Still, these are easily avoidable and you can stay out until 6am. Skinny dipping with a local muchacha is available if your lucky, or if like us and your not so lucky girls from Essex! ! (only kidding they were cool).

I think it's better to stay somewhere with a bit of life and hire a car or 4x4 to get to the beaches. Huge selection of board hire, but not so many to buy.

You'll get a holiday for next to nothing to these islands.