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Somo Surf Camp - Santander, Cantabria. Surf Camps in Spain

INTRODUCTION

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Somo is the capital of Cantabria, a popular seaside resort with a miles-long sandy beach ideally situated on a small sandy peninsula closing the bay of Santander, right across the town. With a big tradition in canoeing and a growing culture of surf, you will be able to experience a slice of the best surf in Spain! Its renowned long sandy beach enjoys more than 200 days of surfing per year. The beach breaks works with all tides and the best swell size is small to medium ones ( better when rising! ). 

 

Somo Beach is super consistent so surfing here won’t be a problem at all! Do not be afraid to experiment the surf in the north of Spain during the winter! Our camp is open all-year long. Our certified, experienced and professional surf instructors, have training in first aids and rescue, so you can have absolute fun with total security.

We offer classes for all levels of surfing and all ages and organise camps for kids, adults or girls only!

 

Our guests can choose from a wide range of accommodations. You can choose to stay in a Camping, Surf House, Rural houses (posadas) we provide it all. Just a few steps away from your accommodation you will find surf shops, bars, and restaurants. Once you arrived at the surf camp in Somo you won’t have to stress about anything!

 

There is a big free parking area just a few steps from the beach where a renovated skate park is adjacent too. In a few minutes, you can check the waves, paddle to the various peaks that break along the beach. After your surf, you can enjoy a skate or longboard session and to finish the day you can have a couple of beers and tapas at the best local pubs!

 

THE ACCOMMODATION

The surf capital of Cantabria is here. Just few minutes from the Santander, in the small village of Somo, our surf camp has different options to suit all tastes and budgets.

 

Do you want to go by feet at the beach ? Check our accommodation options! We can comfortably accommodate you, your friends or family in individual, double, triple or quadruple rooms. Available all year long!

 

SURF HOTEL

Perfect if you’re a solo surf traveler looking for early session or a short week surf trip! The Hotel is located in the Somo centre, just a few steps from the beach and the surf school. In a couple of minutes walking you will be able to get to the beach with no worries, all you gotta do is leave all your stress behind!

 

All room are equipped with:

 

  • Private bathroom
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • TV

 

Restaurants and bars are situated few steps away from your room door, with a wide offer of food and drink for all kind of budgets, from cheap tasty food to fancy delcious dishes!

 

Do you want to live as local surfer? If the answer is yes then the Surf House or the Surf Posada are the best choice for you! Our staff will come to pick-you up after breakfast for your intensive surf course with two lessons per day or early in the morning for a glassy dawn patrol session.

 

SURF HOUSE

Just 2 minutes away from the beach and the school!

We can comfortably accommodate you in single room, double room and triple room, which features:

 

  • Private Bathroom
  • Private parking.
  • Wi-Fi
  • Terrace
  • Bar
  • Cafeteria
  • 100% Surf mood

 

SURF POSADA

Consist of a country house, which exquisitely combines modernity with a traditional and rustic feel offering you surf & chill. You can have a gourmet breakfast before surfing in your private room and be one step ahead of the others, nothing is better than the Surf Posada! Immersed in the green and silence you will be able to relax and recover for your next surfing day. It’s the perfect place for couples!

 

The Surf Posada offers accommodation in Single, Double and Triple Rooms.

 

Only the Surf Posada has:

  • Large rooms with TV,Wi-Fi and bathroom.
  • Daily fresh breakfast (milk, coffee, fruit juice, croissants, donuts, bread, and more..)
  • Lounge room & garden

 

SURF CABIN

The Surf Cabins are one of the best accommodation options with best price-quality- proximity ratio. They are located just 100 meters from the surf school and the beach. Offers single, double, triple and quadruple rooms.

  • Private bathroom
  • TV
  • WiFi

THE ACTIVITIES

Surf School

Our Surf School is one of the most prestigious in Spain. Founded back in 199, the school is locate at Somo Beach, a 4 miles long sandy beach across the bay from Santander. The spot offers excellent condition for the practice and learning of surfing since it is a beach break. The Surf School offers a range of surf camps with or without accommodation. The Surf school include classes and material.

 

Our Surf camps include the surf school, half board and camping accommodation or surf school, full board and guesthouse accommodation. The school also runs a fully equipped surf shop and a wide range of materials are available for sale and rental. All instructors are trained in first aid and have a lifeguard and a Spanish Surf Federation diploma.

 

We will adapt to your level, if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced. Our goal is to help you to progress while having fun and to have a better understanding of the sea. 

Students are welcome from 6 years and the little ones can take advantage of our small classes in a funny and family atmosphere.

 

Surf Camp

  • Kids Surf Camp

NORMAL (2hrs daily) vs. INTENSIVE (4 hours a day)

  • Adults Surf Camp
  • Girls Only Surf Camp:

All ages and levels, many activities besides surfing: yoga, skate and longskate classes, SUP excursions

 

Surf Spots

Somo itself is a well known surf spot with excellent beach breaks ideal for beginners. Somo is also ideally located to discover the nearby breaks of Langre and Galizano, a few kilometres east of the seaside resort. Santander is centrally located to discover the splendid, although underrated surf spots of Cantabria. West of Santander are the spots of Liencres, Suances, Oyambre and Meron. East of the city are the spots of Laredo, Santona and El Brusco, the last one is Cantabria’s most famous break. Most of these breaks are beach breaks and enjoy excellent swell conditions year round thanks to the deep northern Atlantic depressions travelling down the Bay of Biscay.  

LOCATION & GETTING HERE

Location

Somo is a popular seaside town with miles of long sandy beaches situated on a small peninsula closing the Bay of Santander. Easy to reach by boat, bus or shuttle bus directly from the downtown of the city, won’t take you longer than 30 minutes to get there by car.

Widely recognized as the surf capital of Cantabria, Somo Beach offers a beautiful view of Santander with a landscape of lagoons and Santa Magdalena Peninsula on the east. This tiny, green and authentic village, thanks to its position, repaired from the bay and with access to the open ocean far at the end of Loredo, offers perfect conditions for surfing also with adverse weather conditions.

 

Our Accommodation options are located just a few walking minutes away from the beach and the surf school. Just a few steps away from your accommodation you will also find surf shops, bars, and restaurants.

Getting Here

The Surf camp and all the other facilities available are situated in Somo, 15 minutes far from Santander, the capital of Cantabria. Easy to reach by car through the north spanish motorway, Santander is only one hour and a half from Bilbao. The cheap and easy way to get there from the airport is the public bus ( Line 20) that runs every 30 minutes… 

 

BY PLANE

To Santander – Santander Airport (SDR), 15 km. (Iberia + Ryanair)

 

To Bilbao – Bilbao Airport (BIO), 80 km. (Easyjet, Hapag Llyod, Air Berlin, Aerlingus, Iberia, Lufthansa)  

With TUIfly… Dresden, Muchen, Dusseldorf, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Hannover, Berlin, Frankfurt, Brhemen, Westerland, Stuttgart,Norimberga ( TUIfly)

 

BY CAR

  • From Madrid: Follow Madrid-Burgos 635 National Burgos-Santander, after catch the Cantabrian motorway towards Bilbao. Exit n.11 Heras-Pedreña then follow road sign till Somo!
  • From Gijon: Cantabrian motorway towards Bilbao, follow direction Santander Bilbao last exit Heras-Pedreña, then direction Somo. 

 

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

PRICES & PACKAGES

KIDS CAMP

AGES: 10-17 years.

Normal 1 week

Intensive 1 week

Normal 2 weeks

Intensive 2 weeks

680 €

860 €

1200 €

1500 €

INCLUDED:

  • Accommodation SURF CAMP in full board (PC).
  • NORMAL Surf Course (2hrs of daily classes) or INTENSIVE (4hrs of daily surf lessons)
  • Availability of material during the whole stay (supervised by monitors)
  • Monitors 24hrs with complementary activities during the day
  • Multi-activities in the afternoon.
  • Activities and excursions in the open air.
  • Yoga & Stretching classes
  • Graffiti classes
  • Bboying and Break Dance classes
  • Skate, longskate and carver classes
  • Introduction to Paddle Surf
  • Ping-Pong, table football, billiards, indo-board, championships, board games, swimming pool …
  • Video & photography
  • Night video projections.
  • Visit surf shop and workshop tables. Explanation on different types of surfboards.
  • Talk about meteorology, history of surfing and formation of waves, so that you can surf safely anywhere in the world.
  • Fiesta surfera and BBQ farewell.
  • Live music. – QUIKSILVER & ROXY gifts, drawings
  • Championship. Diplomas. CD with photos and video.

 

Kids Camp Day – 60€/kid/day.

If you want to have the Surf Camp experience without staying to sleep you can do all the activities of the day.

2 Hours of class in the morning + 2 Hours of class in the afternoon + Activities + Lunch. 

GIRLS ONLY CAMP

AGES: 12+

CAMP UNDERAGE

WEEKEND

5 DAY

COMPLETE

EXTRA NIGHT

200 €

690 €

850 €

100 €

Program: day 1&2

Exit: Day 3 after lunch

Program: day 1&5

Exit: Day 6 after lunch

Program: day 1&7

Exit: Day 8 after lunch

 

CAMP ADULTS:

WEEKEND

5 DAY

COMPLETE

EXTRA NIGHT

175 €

650 €

800 €

100 €

Program: day 1&2

Exit: Day 3 after lunch

Program: day 1&5

Exit: Day 6 after lunch

Program: day 1&7

Exit: Day 8 after lunch

 

INCLUDED:

  • Accommodation SURF CAMP in full board (PC)
  • INTENSIVE surfing course (4 hours of daily surf lessons)
  • Availability of surfing equipment during the whole stay
  • Monitors 24 hours with complementary activities during the day.
  • Multi-activities in the afternoon. Activities and excursions in the open air
  • Yoga & Stretching classes
  • Skate, longskate and carver classes
  • Graffiti classes
  • Bboying and break dance classes
  • Initiation to Stand Up Paddle Surf
  • Ping-Pong, table football, billiards, indo-board, championships, board games, swimming pool
  • Video & photography. Night video projections
  • Visit surf shop and surfboard workshop. Explanation on different types of surfboards
  • Talk about meteorology, history of surfing and formation of waves, so that you can surf safely anywhere in the world
  • Fiesta Roxy surfer and barbecue farewell. Live music.
  • ROXY gifts, sweepstakes
  • Championship. Diplomas

ADULTS CAMP

From June 16 to September 17 uninterrupted.

5 DAYS

WEEKEND

1 WEEK

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Friday afternoon

Admission: Friday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

300 €

130 €

415 €

5 nights accommodation

Half board

5 days of surf lessons (Mon-Fri)

2h daily (10h total) 

2 nights accommodation 

Half board

Surfing weekend (Sat-Sun)

2h daily (4h total) 

7 nights accommodation 

Half board

7 days of surf lessons (Mon-Sun)

2h daily (14h total) 

SURF CAMP

CAMP+SURF

CAMP+ INTENSIVE

SURF

65 €/person/day

85 €/person/day

Surf Camp with half board

1 (2h) surf lesson/day

 

Surf Camp with half board

2 (4h total) surf lessons/day

CAMP+HALF BOARD

ACCOMMODATION

ONLY

35 €/person/day

15 €/person/day

Surf Camp with half board

Special prices on equipment rental

Discounts on surf courses

Special prices on equipment rental.

Discounts on surf courses

INTENSIVE CAMP

From June 16 to September 17 uninterrupted.

5 DAYS

WEEKEND

1 WEEK

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Friday afternoon

Admission: Friday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

405 €

170 €

550 €

5 nights accommodation

Half board

5 days of surf lessons (Mon-Fri)

4h daily (20h total) 

2 nights accommodation 

Half board

Surfing weekend (Sat-Sun)

4h daily (8h total) 

7 nights accommodation 

Half board

7 days of surf lessons (Mon-Sun)

4h daily (28h total) 

SURF CAMP

CAMP+SURF

CAMP+ INTENSIVE

SURF

65 €/person/day

85 €/person/day

Surf Camp with half board

1 (2h) surf lesson/day

 

Surf Camp with half board

2 (4h total) surf lessons/day

CAMP+HALF BOARD

ACCOMMODATION

ONLY

35 €/person/day

15 €/person/day

Surf Camp with half board

Special prices on equipment rental

Discounts on surf courses

Special prices on equipment rental.

Discounts on surf courses

 

CAMP+CABINS

CAMP+CABINS

5 DAYS

WEEKEND

1 WEEK

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Friday afternoon

Admission: Friday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Low Season: 280 €

Low Season: 120 €

Low Season: 390 €

Mid Season: 305 €

Mid Season: 130 €

Mid Season: 425 €

High Season: 330 €

 High Season: 140 €

 High Season: 460 €

5 nights accommodation

Half board

5 days of surf lessons (Mon-Fri)

2h daily (10h total) 

2 nights accommodation 

Half board

Surfing weekend (Sat-Sun)

2h daily (4h total) 

7 nights accommodation 

Half board

7 days of surf lessons (Mon-Sun)

2h daily (14h total) 

 

 

INTENSIVE CAMP + CABINS

5 DAYS

WEEKEND

1 WEEK

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Friday afternoon

Admission: Friday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Low Season: 400 €

Low Season: 160 €

Low Season: 560 €

Mid Season: 425 €

Mid Season: 170 €

Mid Season: 595 €

High Season: 450 €

 High Season: 180 €

 High Season: 630 €

5 nights accommodation

Half board

5 days of surf lessons (Mon-Fri)

4h daily (20h total) 

2 nights accommodation 

Half board

Surfing weekend (Sat-Sun)

4h daily (8h total) 

7 nights accommodation 

Half board

7 days of surf lessons (Mon-Sun)

4h daily (28h total) 

 

CAMP+SURF HOUSE

CAMP+ SURF HOUSE

5 DAYS

WEEKEND

1 WEEK

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Friday afternoon

Admission: Friday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Low Season: 280 €

Low Season: 120 €

Low Season: 400 €

Mid Season: 305 €

Mid Season: 130 €

Mid Season: 435 €

High Season: 330 €

 High Season: 140 €

 High Season: 470 €

5 nights accommodation

Half board

5 days of surf lessons (Mon-Fri)

2h daily (10h total) 

2 nights accommodation 

Half board

Surfing weekend (Sat-Sun)

2h daily (4h total) 

7 nights accommodation 

Half board

7 days of surf lessons (Mon-Sun)

2h daily (14h total) 

 

 

INTENSIVE CAMP + SURF HOUSE

5 DAYS

WEEKEND

1 WEEK

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Friday afternoon

Admission: Friday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Admission: Sunday afternoon

Departure: Sunday afternoon

Low Season: 400 €

Low Season: 170 €

Low Season: 575 €

Mid Season: 425 €

Mid Season: 180 €

Mid Season: 595 €

High Season: 450 €

 High Season: 190 €

 High Season: 630 €

5 nights accommodation

Half board

5 days of surf lessons (Mon-Fri)

4h daily (20h total) 

2 nights accommodation 

Half board

Surfing weekend (Sat-Sun)

4h daily (8h total) 

7 nights accommodation 

Half board

7 days of surf lessons (Mon-Sun)

4h daily (28h total) 

 

ACCOMMODATION ONLY

SURF CABINS

* Prices per room / night (VAT included)

* High Season: July, August, Easter.

* Mid Season: June, September, national bridges.

* Low Season: Rest of the year.

 

Low Season

Mid Season

High Season

Single Room

30 €

40 €

45 €

Double Room

60 €

70 €

80 €

Triple Room

70 €

80 €

90 €

Quadruple Room

90 €

100 €

120 €

SURF HOUSE

* Prices per person (VAT included)

 

Low Season

Mid Season

High Season

5 Days

150 €

175 €

200 €

WEEKEND

60 €

70 €

80 €

WEEK

210 €

245 €

280 €

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