Fuerteventura - the "Endless Summer Island"...

The island

Since ancient times know as the ”Fortunate Islands”, the Canary Islands enjoy a permanent subtropical climate refreshed by the Ocean breeze and the Trade Winds, with warm waters and consistent swell all year round. 

It is the perfect location for both: experienced surfers and total beginners - always better to learn in warm waters!

Fuerteventura is the second largest island and also the least populated island of the Canarian archipelago. Eighty kilometres off Morocco and the African coast, it  has the best climate of all the islands. Over 300 days sunshine and just 12 days rainfall a year, have created Europe's only desert. The island with its unique landscape of vulcanoes, white sand dunes and turquoise waters has more sandy beaches than any other island in the archipielago including the famous 25 km sandy beach at Sotavento formed by fine white sand from the nearby sahara desert.

The island currently has three natural parks: the Dunas de Corralejo and Isla de Lobos in the north and the Jandia Peninsula to the south. The island has resently been declared “Reserva de la biosfera”and its natural state has been almost completely preserved.

The Hawaii of Europe

Traveling surfers discovered the islands as a surfdestination in the 80ies.

They found a island chain of volcanic origen, based off the continental shelf surrounded by deep waters in a suptropical climate and the tradewindzone, layed-back islandstyle and quality waves that rival their Hawaiian counterpart, which reminded them of Hawaii, giving way to Fuerteventura becoming known amongs surfers as the Hawaii of Europe.

Surf Spots

Year round consistent swells and spots holding waves at all levels await surfers in Fuerteventura. The northern tip of Fuerteventura around Corralejo, just across from Lanzarote, is the main surfing area on the island, with long sandy beaches and reef breaks on the western, northern and eastern shores. There are more than 50 surfspots within a distance of 25 km, catering for all levels, from easy beachbreaks for beginners up to long walls for manouvers & tricksterism to solid tuberide and big wave action, featuring some true worldclass breaks.

In general, surf spots are well away from any tourist activity and are frequented only by surfers. The waves at the northshore are long and perfect and most are reef breaks. There are also very long sandy beaches at he east and westcoast, perfect for beginners.

The water temperature varies between 18º C in winter and 24º C in summer and the weather is warm all year long, with a 23ºC average in winter! Warm water all year round and people surf in shorts or shortys!