Rob's Description:

I had a surfing lesson with “black ball surfing” in Sardinero. It was my first time surfing and the lesson was a birthday present from my wife.

Well it was a great present to have a memorable experience like that. Surfing is quite hard to get the knack of – but a really addictive challenge trying to stand up and stay on. I had done quite a bit of skate boarding when I was young so I think that helped a bit – but not a lot!. I think we were in the water about an hour which is about as much as I could do because even though I had a wetsuit I started to get cold and even got some cramp in my legs.

It worked like this – I booked up and depending on the surf conditions (for beginners, needs to be not too extreme!) it was either going to be on Sardinero beach, near our hotel ( The Don Carlos Aparthotel ), or we would be driving to another location.

Tips

If you are staying in Santander a short time get booked up straight away so if you don’t get the surf one day you still have time to go another day, and if you get the surf bug you can go again!

One other thing to bear in mind if you are going surfing in Santander is that this school is the only one with their own shower facilities on site.

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