First Surf Camp in the Canary Islands
THE SURF CAMP
FOR THE LITTLE ONES
Bring your children to our summer camp for kids. Here they will enjoy sports, make friends and live an experience they will remember for a lifetime.
Summer Camp 2026 for boys and girls
In Calima surf, 100 meters from the beach, every summer during the month of July we organize different types of summer camps on the beach for young teenagers in the Canary Islands, exactly on the island of Lanzarote in the Natural Reserve of Famara.
We organize summer camps for boys and girls:
– With accommodation from 13 to 17 years old
– Without accommodation from 8 years old to 17 years old
In our summer camp we combine different sports so that children can discover new skills and enjoy the different ways to connect with nature.
Do you dare to find out?
All these activities are waiting for you in our summer camp.
Surf
4 hours of surfing per day with a ratio of 8 children per instructor. We will finish the camp with a championship among all campers.
Canoeing, SUP and kayaking
We will skirt the coast of the island's capital, having first acquired the necessary basic knowledge.
Diving baptism
We will take advantage of the crystal clear waters offered by the small beach of Puerto del Carmen to get started in this discipline.
Aguapark
We will take the kids to enjoy a day at the water park in Costa Teguise.
Calima Olympics
Different group sports games.
Climbing wall
Initiation to climbing in the capital of Arrecife.
Hiking
We will make the route Famara-Caleta de Caballo and visit the volcanoes in the area.
EscapeRoom
We will test your ingenuity.
Karting
Some races in the circuit of San Bartolome.
Yoga
Next to the sea and with music, which will be for most of them their first contact with the discipline.
Workshops
We will build kites, miniature surfboards, necklace workshops, photography workshop...
Animation and farewell party
In the camps for children, our kids enjoy the surprises we prepare for them.
This is how our boys and girls enjoy themselves
What does it include?
- Transfers from Lanzarote airport to Famara and back.
- Accommodation in our surf house in Famara.
- 4 hours a day of surfing in English or Spanish so that children can review the language during the summer.
- Surfing equipment during class hours.
- Full board (breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners). Special diets + 60€ per week.
- Excursions around the island, activities and workshops in the evenings
- Surfing championship among campers with prizes for the 3 winners of each camp.
- 15% discount in our Calimasurf store.
- Leisure and free time monitors 24 hours a day, bilingual monitors with surf instructor (B.S.A.) and lifeguard qualifications.
- Underwater pictures of your vacations and promotional video.
- Liability and personal accident insurance.
- Farewell dinner, barbecue and party.
Look how we had fun 🤙
Summer camp rates (with accommodation)
Summer camp rates (without lodging)
If you live near Famara you can bring your children from 8 years old to our summer camp in the mornings (from 10.00h to 14.00h, Monday to Friday).
They will take part in bilingual surfing activities and make new friendships with children coming from the mainland and other countries.
Our prices are special for Lanzarote residents.
We’ve helped over 92,000 people catch their first wave
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I am traveling alone, are there other people like me?
The vast majority of our clients travel alone. Here you will meet many people and make friends in a perfect environment, surrounded by people who enjoy nature, sports and good vibes. You will feel accompanied as soon as you set foot on Famara.
How do you know what your surfing level is to choose which course to sign up for?
Our recommendation: Take your time and don’t want to rush, always remember that a good foundation is the key to any evolution and that you surf to enjoy.
Beginners: any student who wants to start surfing from scratch, with no previous experience.
Initiation with knowledge or intermediate: focused for all those who have already had some contact with this sport or received some lessons in any other school, our instructors will separate the groups depending on the experience and constancy of each student surfing.
High Intermediate and Advanced Level: Focused for all those who have already consolidated surfing in their lives and surf with medium to high consistency, control the paddling well enough to reach the break and catch waves on their own, and know how to catch waves in both directions with epoxy or fiber boards.
What will you learn in the beginner level surf courses?
– Safety in this environment as respectful as the sea, how to enter the water and how to protect yourself in every fall.
– Correct positioning on the board for paddling.
– Take your first foams with the help of the instructors.
– Surf the foams lying on the board and know how to go left and right.
– Stand up on the board in three simple and effective ways to get surfing easily.
Objective of the 4-hour beginner’s course: You will finish the day’s lesson knowing how to paddle and catch the foamy waves on your own, standing up and feeling the addictive thrill of surfing.
What will you learn in the intermediate level courses?
-We will reinforce and expand safety every day (How to enter the water, how to protect yourself in falls, the currents on this beach, leash supervision, keeping distance between other surfers, knowing how to enter the lineup without getting in the way of other surfers).
– We will continue surfing with cork boards and will try to reduce the size and volume of the board according to the experience and progress of each one.
– We will reinforce and correct your paddling, which is key to become independent
– A more effective and faster standing according to your level of progress.
– You will start catching the foamy waves on your own (always with the instructors in the water close to you).
– We will correct your posture on the board for a perfect balance and to be able to advance in the foam with greater fluidity to the shore.
– You will manage to catch the foam of the waves to the right and left and once you control it we will use the maximum difficulty method with your hands back, you will control the changes of directions helping you with your hips and shoulders.
– You will learn how to brake sharply to finish the wave or avoid any accident.
– Accelerate in a very easy way with which you will achieve greater speed.
– We will teach you how to go over the foam and how to do the spoon to reach the breaker (lineup).
– Depending on your knowledge, skills and sea conditions of each day, you can reach the breaker always accompanied by the monitor to start catching the first waves before breaking (the so-called green waves) every day getting more confident and learning to take the right direction of the wave.
Objective of this course: That you learn to surf in a totally safe way, you will learn a lot of useful things and always according to the level of each student, you must think that in the beginner level we must be very demanding for a long time, the most important thing is the constancy of practice before moving to the intermediate level with boards of hard material.
What guarantee do we offer?
We are so confident in the quality of our work that we offer a full guarantee. Take the full 5 day course and if you don’t learn to surf, we will refund 100% of your money!
What facilities do we have?
We have modern facilities a few steps from the beach, including the Surf School, Surf Camp, accommodations such as Surf House and Surf Hostel, as well as a surf store with the best products. In addition, our Surf School has a 200-meter gym.
Do we offer transportation from the airport?
Yes, but there is an additional cost. 40 per way to or from the airport.
What will you learn in our upper intermediate and advanced surf course or lessons?
– We will strengthen security.
– Behavior in the water to avoid conflicts and accidents with other surfers.
– To look for the holes to take advantage of the currents to reach the breakers more easily.
– We will start using the technique of the spoon or the ducky, depending on the skills of each student, to pass under the foam and reach the breaker.
– Aggressive paddling technique helping us with the chest and feet, generating maximum speed to enter the wave with fluidity.
– To read the wave well in order to decide which way to paddle and to be able to gain a slight advantage to catch the wave from left or right.
– We will explain the timing of the wave, one of the most difficult things and that will take us more time to control, only with perseverance you will get to control it well.
– Quick and effective standing up in order not to lose the speed we have generated with the paddling.
– The takeoff and button at the foot of the wave with hip drive to connect with the speed on the wall of the wave.
– Bampeo to generate maximum speed and be able to pass critical sessions.
– Beginning cutback and aggressive cutback in form 8 for the more advanced.
– Different techniques to perform the bottom turn depending on the maneuver to which we are going to link it.
The objective of this course: As these are group classes, the group of students attending each day will set the objective, generating maximum confidence in each step of your progress.
Who are the surf lessons for?
Surf lessons for everyone, regardless of age or level: for children, families, couples, adults, groups, private lessons, surf camps, technical surfing for advanced profiles, coaching and video corrections. You can also enjoy other water sports for a complete experience. From 8 years old, you set the limit.
Does it include equipment?
All the necessary equipment for surf lessons is included. We have high quality equipment, renewed annually to offer the best surfing experience. Our wetsuits are from the best brands in the market, and we have a variety of boards, from softboards for beginners to fiber and epoxy boards for advanced levels. We also offer rental and sale of surf equipment in our store.
What do you need to bring?
You just need to come with a desire to have fun and good energy. We take care of everything else for you to enjoy a unique experience.
We also recommend you to bring sunscreen, zinc cream for sensitive areas such as nose, lips and cheeks, sunglasses, beach towel, swimsuit to wear under the wetsuit and some warm clothes for the nights in Lanzarote.
What is our schedule? When do we have classes?
We have surf lessons every day of the year. This is due to the wonderful conditions in Famara, Lanzarote, which allows us to enjoy waves all year round. We have waves for all levels during the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter). Every month of the year the conditions are perfect for beginners who want to learn how to surf. Intermediate and advanced surfers will enjoy especially during the fall and winter.
Why come to Famara, Lanzarote?
We are in a protected nature reserve with a sandy beach almost 6 km long and just a few steps away from our three surf houses and our school. With waves for all levels during all four seasons. On other islands, for example Fuerteventura, the surf spots are usually an hour’s drive from the residential areas.
Where are we?
Our school is located at Av. el Marinero, 13-A, Caleta de Famara, Lanzarote. Located on one of the most consistent beaches in the Canary Islands, this spectacular natural environment is ideal for learning and perfecting surfing. A short distance from the main tourist centers of the island, we offer a complete experience for surfers of all levels.
Why visit Lanzarote Surf?
Lanzarote Surf is in the Canary Islands, specifically in the Natural Reserve of Famara. It is a paradisiacal place and perfect for the development of outdoor activities with the best weather conditions in Europe (between 20 and 25 ° C in winter) which allows us to offer our facilities and conduct courses and camps throughout the year, for young children in summer and for adults during the winter.
Where do the children stay?
For all those children who come from outside the island we offer accommodation during the whole month of July in our incredible Surf House just 100 meters from Famara Beach.
Boys and girls sleep separately, with everything necessary for them to feel at home.
Coexistence is a fundamental value to form our young people and we try to instill these principles to our students.
If you wish, we have photos available in the “surfhouse” tab on our website.
What training do the monitors have?
The surf instructors are certified by the British Surfing Association and the Spanish Surfing Federation, the kitesurf instructors are certified by the Federazione Kite Italiana and the diving instructors are certified by the British Sub Aqua Club. In addition, all our instructors are certified lifeguards. During our courses we alternate the activities between English and Spanish, this way the children can learn languages by practicing them while enjoying our fantastic activities.
What are the meals like and are they included?
All meals are included in the camp option with accommodation. It includes breakfasts, snacks and dinners by an authorized catering company in Lanzarote and lunches are organized by the school; (hot sandwiches of large bread with salad, meat, fish, omelette…). Every day a different menu. In the option without accommodation, we offer our mid-morning lunch: Hot large sandwiches and fruit juice to take on the beach between sports sessions.
What if my child has an intolerance?
Our caterer can modify the menu and adapt it to the needs of the children. We offer special diets for an additional 60€ per week of camp.
Why take my children to summer camp?
A summer camp for kids is a great opportunity for children to have fun. However, it is also an opportunity for them to continue learning, bonding and acquiring skills. Everything that an activity of this type offers them, and it will also allow them to learn values such as responsibility, teamwork and autonomy.
What benefits do children and adolescents get from participating in our activities? First of all, being surrounded by nature brings great benefits to children’s mental and physical health. But also, while exploring the paradisiacal surroundings and discovering new experiences, their individual growth increases.
By participating in our activities, not only will they be entertained while having a great summer and learning a new sport, indirectly they will also have other possibilities…
Learning English: there is no better way to learn English than combining learning with recreational activities. This year you have a golden opportunity for your children to learn English in a very effective way. Our bilingual monitors integrate this language, almost without the participants realizing it, when doing the various sports or recreational activities of the camp.
Discover an exciting sport: they can live within the nature reserve the passion of hiking while walking around Famara with the sun and the wind as allies. They will also hike the important Famara-Caleta de Caballo route, visiting the volcanic formations of the area and contemplating the wonderful views of the Chinijo archipelago and its islets.
Water sports: Our monitors will teach small groups of children and teenagers the sports that are the protagonists of a beach camp. Among them, surfing, windsurfing, canoeing, SUP, kayaking and others.
Activities for teenagers: For teenagers there is a world of activities with a little more excitement. For example, there are kating competitions, scuba diving, workshops, yoga classes and all the water sports you can imagine.
Animation and farewell party: Children enjoy surprises throughout the camp. And for the farewell, a party is organized to remember the best of everything they did during the week.
From what age can I take my children to camp?
The summer camp with accommodation is available for children between 13 and 17 years old. We also have an option without accommodation, with surf lessons in the mornings, for children from 8 years old.
In which languages is the camp offered?
During our courses we alternate the activities between English and Spanish, this way the children can learn languages by practicing them while enjoying our fantastic activities.
If I sign my children up for the morning camp (without accommodation), what do they do on the days of visits and water park?
On days when activities take place outside the camp, monitors will stay on the beach with the children from the morning camp to carry out their own activities without any interruption or changes.
What documents do I need to bring?
They need to bring their ID and health card. And if necessary, inform the camp about illnesses and allergies.
Who controls my children at camp?
We have qualified instructors in free time with many years of experience who will accompany them at all times, except when they are in the surf lessons, which will be the qualified instructors in surfing who will be in charge of them. Your children will be supervised 24 hours a day by monitors, with a system of internal rules which they must comply with.
My child has to fly, can he/she go alone on the plane?
Something that often worries parents is the issue of the flight and letting your child come alone. The airlines offer a service called “unaccompanied minor”, we recommend you to take a look at it for your peace of mind.
Undoubtedly the best options to reach our camps:
www.ryanair.com usually has the best price if you come from Valencia, Barcelona or Madrid.
www.vueling.com with the fall of Spanair also opens lines from Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona.
How do I get from the airport to the school?
Several monitors will be in charge of organizing departures and arrivals at the airport. A monitor will wait in the arrivals area for the flight attendant who will hand over the child. In order for the children to travel alone, you will have to contract a service with the airline so that they are accompanied and safe at all times. In order for us to pick them up at the airport, you must send us the corresponding authorization for the flight attendant to deliver the child to the monitor.
What places on the island are visited during the camp?
South of the island and around the national park of Timanfaya.
Arrecife, visit to the capital of the island.
Costa Teguise, with entrance to Aguapark.
Isla de la Graciosa.
Why choose a campsite in Lanzarote for your children's vacations?
Campsites in the Canary Islands, including Lanzarote, are a perfect destination to take a break. Especially in summer, but the best thing is that the climatic conditions of the area make it possible for you to enjoy a vacation at any time of the year.
What does this destination have to offer? Throughout the Canary archipelago, especially in Lanzarote, you can find paradisiacal, idyllic beaches, volcanoes as well as all kinds of natural wonders capable of captivating even the most demanding.
All this can be made the most of with camps, designed especially for young people and children.
What activities will my children do?
The camps are full of varied activities, which make each day unique and special. Depending on the type of camp (for children or adults) there are different activities that take up most of each day. Beach camps provide an offer of sports activities like no other.
There are endless sports activities as shown below:
Surf school: learn to surf with qualified instructors who can measure your progress by customizing your training. Whether you opt for a beginner, intermediate or advanced course, in one week of camp, you could be mastering one of the most exciting sports you’ve ever tried.
Diving: Europe’s largest marine reserve is located in Lanzarote, making it one of the best places on the entire continent to learn scuba diving. You can discover the largest reserve of biodiversity in the Canary Islands diving near thousands of endemic species in an indescribable experience.
Challenging water activities: including surfing, canoeing, kayaking, sup, windsurfing and other variants. The coast of the island’s capital provides the ideal environment for water activities that will test your endurance. These sports activities combine physical performance with fun in an unbeatable way. Of course, you will receive the proper training to do it safely.
What is the check-in and check-out time for children who come with accommodation option?
Sunday is always a day of arrivals and departures. Children can come at any time. We pick them up at the airport in the same way. On the last Sunday the departure is before 12.00pm in order to leave the house free and proceed with the cleaning before the next occupancy or shift.
What happens if my child needs to arrive early or leave late for camp because of flights?
Sometimes, due to flight issues, parents ask us to allow the child to arrive on a Monday or Tuesday. No problem, the child is accepted without problems and we will go to pick him/her up at the airport, but the departure remains on Sunday and the price of the camp also remains intact plus an additional 40€ for transportation and pick up at the airport.
If on the other hand a child wants to leave on the following Monday or Tuesday, even if he/she only comes for one week, he/she will have to pay for 2 weeks of camp because for us that place remains unsold. In addition to the additional 40 € transfer back to the airport. Whenever there is a transfer that is not on Sunday, you pay 40€ each way.
How many places are there for the children's camp option with accommodation?
We have only 15 places per week for the accommodation option because we prioritize quality and attention in the service to children and families who choose to trust us to offer an optimal camp experience.