Feeling a little down in the dumps after the Christmas & New Year Holidays, and you don’t really want to wait until summer to get your surf and sunshine fix? Why not book a last-minute surfing holiday to Fuerteventura to beat the January blues? We’ve got 5 reasons why we think you should visit Fuerteventura for your winter surfing holidays right here!

3 main things to tick off when planning your winter surfing holiday to Fuerteventura….  Waves, Sunshine, & Fun! Good job our first top reason matches the first on this list as staying at our Fuerteventura surf camp, you are sure to grab some awesome waves. Perfect all surfing abilities from beginners to advanced surfers, this is a surf holiday destination you do not want to miss!

There is nothing better than socializing over dinner after an epic day of surfing, talking about the best wipe-outs and if you have beaten the Star Surf School’s party wave record.  With some of the best restaurants on the island in El Cotillo, you can enjoy some amazing locally caught fish and traditional Spanish cuisine.

El Cotillo is Fuerteventura’s foodie hotspot. The little fishing village offers you plenty of different restaurants and bars to choose from. Our surf house team can help you pick the right restaurant for your budget and tastebuds.

Among our favourite Café’s, bars and restaurants in El Cotillo are Ocean Deli for yummy fruit and veggie smoothies. El Goloso is a wonderful French bakery and their homemade almond or raspberry croissant are delicious. Then there’s Bar Central, a quaint restaurant with an authentic Canarian menu and seating out in the street and views over the old harbour. Bagus Beach Bar is popular with locals and tourists and they serve great burgers, beers and cocktails.

For a special treat, we can’t recommend enough La Capitana and La Vaca Azul. The food is amazing and the views at sunset over the rocky seafront and sea are priceless.

Located in the Northwest of the oldest of the Canary Islands, El Cotillo boasts an old fishing habour, beautiful lagoons for swimming and snorkelling, mile-long coastlines, many independent restaurants and bars and waves right on your doorstep.

We have chosen our surf house location on Fuerteventura carefully and have found in El Cotillo a true surfer’s paradise. From our surf house, we have easy access to the famous North Track, 20 km of surfable coast with more than 30 surf spots. Our surf holiday guests can join us here on a real surf trip in search of the day’s best waves, checking surf forecasts frequently and being part of a group of fun, relaxed and like-minded surfers.

We provide transfers to all your surf lessons. If you are an advanced surfer and want to spend more time in the water, we recommend hiring a car to make the most of exploring and surfing Fuerteventura’s North Track. Hiring a car for the duration of your surfing holidays is not essential. There’s a bus stop in walking distance to the surf house. Public transport on Fuerteventura is comparatively cheap, regular and easy to use. We also have bikes for hire for you to explore the area.

Surrounding area

Great surf is not all Fuerteventura has to offer: An amazing landscape lies right in front of our surf house with volcanoes to climb and beautiful lagoons to swim and snorkel in.

Lajares and La Oliva are only a short car drive or bus ride away from El Cotillo. The villages are famous for their stone-built windmills. You’ll also find traditional Canarian shops there, a Crêperie and art galleries with handcrafted jewellery. From Lajaras, you can start a hike up Volcano Calderón Hondo which offers amazing views all the way to Lazarote.

20 km east of El Cotillo is Corralejo, today’s largest holiday resort on Fuerteventura. Corralejo is great for an afternoon and/ or evening out. There’s crazy golf, bike, motorbike and quad-bike hires, a water park and many bars along the seafront with views over the harbour. The nightlife is also worth a trip with lots of Irish bars and English pubs, karaoke or sports bars, night clubs and live music venues.

Off the coast of Corralejo you can step back in time and into an uninhabited world, on the island of los Lobos, a nature reserve. We suggest you hop on a boat in Corralejo, enjoy the stunning views back on Fuerteventura for the short ten-minute boat journey to then lay back and relax on Lobos. The beaches there are ideal for snorkelling in shallow water and, yep, there’s great surf there, too!

Further afield

The Jandia Peninsula and in particular the Sotavento lagoon are worth a day trip. For everyone interested in the history and culture of Fuerteventura, a trip to Betancuria is a must. If you’re traveling with children, the Oasis Park is great for kids of all ages. You find the most amazing beach in Cofete, caves to explore in Ajuy and the salt museum in Las Salinas del Carmen is worth a trip on a cloudy day.

We have an awesome team at our surf camp in Fuerteventura (as well as all our other ones,too!), taht is a dedicated, year-round group, that knows Fuerteventura to help you have the best possible surfing holiday.  With local knowledge on the best places to eat out, to the best spots to get a cocktail, or go for a longboard, there is always something going on and an awesome atmosphere.