September get away from the uk to ??

[phillwilson]

Hi I am interested in finding a place abroad that meets the following criteria

1.will have a very good chance of beginner/early intermediate level surf in mid/late September

2. can get there and stay there for about a week on a budget of £350 per person (ish cheaper the better)

3. will hopefully have some sun (not essential hence its at number 3)

4. will have somewhere to rent a board from for my stay (don’t want the airline buggering my new board up…that’s my job)

I was looking at the south of France , but because you cant fly there from my local airports there’s more cost.

I checked Humberside and Robin Hood and the following are available:
Alicante (Spain)
Madeira
Malta Tenerife (Canary Islands
Alicante,
Crete (Heraklion),
Ibiza, ,
Malaga,
Menorca,
Palma,
Portugal (Faro), ,
Turkey (Bodrum),
Costa Del Sol (Malaga),
Cyprus (Paphos),
Menorca,
Rhodes,
Turkey (Bodrum), Turkey (Dalaman)
Tenerife (South),
Tunisia

Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Anyone had any experiences? Anywhere else I have missed?

Phill

[mowflow]

Do any airports around you fly to Lanzarote? I pop over there every once in a while when i get fed up with the cold over here and it's pretty cheap and has something for every level of surfer.

I was there 2 weeks ago and it only cost me £300 for 1 week which included flights accommodation and car hire. The accommodation was really good and only 20 minutes drive to any break on the island.

[kitesurfer]

Why leave in september when the uk has its warmest waters and there's a good chance of the first of the coming seasons swells arriving?

KS

[northswell]

For that price you aint gong that far.

If there is a hurricane season (first one, well more of a tropical storm, may be headed ths way as early as a couple of weeeks time) this year Uk's your best bet (at least you may get some shelter options from a few peeps)

Other than that the Algarve or the bit of Spain at the bottom forget its name.

[phillwilson]

hehe, Lanzarote was such a good idea that thats where I went to take my first lessons........ would deffo go back but ya know...wanted to see if there was somewhere else with resonable surf i could get to on a budget.

the UK idea sounds like it may well be a good option.
For what i would be paying to go , i could just stop working for a lot longer and get out to the beach near me every day!! might actually end up a better bet for the surf.

now if i can just convince the other half that she dosnt need that top up tan!!

Phill

[Jc]

I'd stay in the uk, not that i have a choice lol