South West France offers early summer sunshine, and miles and miles of beach breaks to surf. Our camps are near Hossegor, which is at the heart of European Surf Culture. There are lots of concerts, competitions and other exciting things going on, including world class surfing events such as the WCT Quiksilver Pro France.
Lifestyle Packages
Much more than just surf lessons, these packages allow you to eat, sleep and dream like a true surfer and give you a real insight into the surfing life. Our BSA qualified female instructor from the O’Neill Surf Academy provide surf sessions each day and live with you throughout the week to provide tips and surfing advice. She is a constant source of surfing knowledge and, along with the rest of the Surf Affinity team, helps to immerse each guest in the surfing culture of France. The Lifestyle courses are a great way to meet other like-minded ladies and learn a new skill in a wonderfully beautiful environment. Definitely a new and invigorating experience!
We offer two types of lifestyle course; the Newbies and Next Level, both available as a 6 day course. We can also tailor make your holiday to suit the number of days you have available, which allows you to shorten or extend your stay.
Newbies
The newbie package is an introductory course aimed at those who haven’t already racked up much experience in the water. We show you what it’s all about by helping you to ride your first wave and learn new skills that develop and strengthen your surfing. By the end of the course you will know how to get the most out of your surfboard, how to catch waves, how to paddle productively and how to pop up and ride a wave! You’ll be surprised by how much progress you can make in a week, surfing from sun up to sun down… if you want to!
Next Level
Get Out Back!
The girls from the O’Neill Surf Academy are stoked to offer this new course where ladies progress from the ‘white wash’ zone to the green waves! For those of you who have practised your pop ups endlessly in the white water and are ready to take the green waves, this is totally the course for you. You’ll learn how to catch more waves, be in the right place at the right time to take off and what to do once you’re up and riding! This course is also essential for reading the conditions and making a suitable judgement on when and where to go surfing. The progression from white water to green waves can be difficult, but your instructors will give you tips so that this transition becomes easy and fun.
Rip It Up!
So, you’re already out the back, but you’re not too sure about which waves to take, the direction in which to surf them, or how to make your turns on the right part of the wave? Your instructor will give you the confidence to become more assertive in the lineup and make quick decisions when taking off on waves. You will also work on your turns and body positioning, as well as techniques that you can learn out of the water to improve your surfing. By the end of the course, you will have a bag full of tricks to ensure that you grab the most out of each wave you take and enjoy every satisfying session to the max!
Yoga package
Our special yoga weeks are run with our wonderful yoga instructor and pro-snowboarder Caroline Beliard. Caroline is an amazing surfer and her yoga sessions encapsulate all elements of surfing and snowboarding making them specific to the activites that you will do throughout your stay. Patient and encouraging, her instruction brings together several forms of yoga to provide a workout for all levels and abilities. If you need a break from your usual hectic lifestyle, make the most our yoga camps and feel refreshed and energised after a week of healthy living and yoga. Caroline runs 6 sessions throughout your stay, which are specificially designed to enhance your surfing. Some sessions are held at the Surf Affinity camp and others take place on our sandy beach, to the backdrop of beautiful pine forests and lapping Atlantic waves.
Bed and Breakfast
Alternatively, if you are an intermediate or advanced surfer you may wish to discover the many surf breaks of the Landes region for yourself. We offer bed and breakfast for just £20 a night so you can have the freedom to hit the beach whenever you like. Our camp is just over the sand dune from miles and miles of long sandy beaches with different surf breaks scattered all the way along. Local surfing knowledge is priceless in making the most of the conditions, and that’s where the Surf Affinity team come in!
If you are coming to the Surf Affinity Camp as a beginner surfer, we must insist that you can swim at least 50m and you will take a minimum of 3 day surf course with the girls from the O’Neill Academy or a local surf instructor. This is just to ensure your own safety in the water.