Gap Year Surfing information

The owners of Xtreme Gap know what it feels like to look a shark in the eye or it feels like to ride your first wave, we know how cool and proud it makes you feel. And if you are looking to plan a gap year yourself have a look on our site, it is full of great programmes. The newest programmes are the gap year surfing programmes. We love them, and we bed you do too.

Xtreme gap has gap year surfing programmes all over the world, but they were all long hall flight, so we decided to find a cool surf programme closer to home. We found the perfect spot. Carrapateira. Carrapateira is close to Sagres in Portugal, the most western bit of Europe. Here you find un-spoilt secluded beached that are great to learn or improve your surf.

In Portugal, with the gap year surf programme, we have lots of extras to offer. Not only will you receive 1,5 hour of surfing lessons in the morning and then again in the afternoon, they will teach you with patience and a smile. Portuguese are very patient and relaxed and most of all friendly. The surf camp is on the beach and they have their own camp side just 1 km away from the beach.

So what else do you find on the Xtreme Gap gap year surfing programmes next to excellent surf instructors? A big social life is the answer. Surfers are relaxed and like to talk about the waves. At all our surf camps the social life is very important. In the evening often are events like barbeques or they know where a great DJ is playing. In the morning you usually have a big breakfast all together.

All surfing camps on the gap year surfing programmes list of Xtreme Gap are open to all levels and all nationalities. So over your big breakfast I the morning you will be chatting to some girl or boy living on the other side of the world, and this could become a friend for life! Ho amazing is that. Also, do not be afraid of travelling alone, most of our customers do and with all our programmes people make friends easily.

We have many surf camps all over the world and we are expanding this list every few months. We feel sport gap years and gap year surfing programmes are great to get to know another country, because you are out in nature with local surf instructors. You will never have a dull moment really. Right now we have surfing camps is Australia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal and Ecuador.

The surfing instructor course could really change your life after your gap year surfing as you learn how to be a surf instructor which not only will give you excellent surfing skills and fitness, you will also learn how to teach others how to surf and leadership skills.