Surf trip Diego: FUERTEVENTURA NORTH COAST

INFO:

Airlines company: Ryanair from Pisa to Fuerteventua

Cost of flight: 140 euro (included surfboard)

Cost for sleep: 150 for 5 night

Cost for meal: 5/20 euro

Cost for fuel: 1,20 euro/l

Cost of surftrip: 450 euro with car

WHERE TO STAY

I recommend: Fuentepark Hotel http://www.apartamentosfuentepark.com/

Surftrip Fuerteventura - beach -

FUERTEVENTURA

Fuerteventura is the dryest island of Canary Islands, the climate is quite warm all around the year and there are world class waves along the north coast. I went there twice, first time, four years ago when I partecipated to a surf camp of Quiksilver for one week and last one week at the end of November 2011.

This land in the north is completely desertic, with inactive vulcano's, dunes and beautiful long beaches!

There are small villages of fishermen, where the time seemed to stop. People were walking slow, speaking together on the corner of the street, on the beach near by there are boats, they sit outside of there houses and made me feel peaceful on the inside, it was like they don't need anything else than what they have.

I met many young italians that they decided to move permanently to this island, they told me that there are more benefits if you living there than in Italy:

- no stress

- cheap life

- easy to find casual job

- surfing every day

- not far from Italy

- low cost flights

- temperature is warm all year

My personal experiences can confirm that. I saw amazing sunsets every day. It was like a show of beautiful colors exploding in nature.

Fuerteventura - north coast -

Fuerteventura - sunset -

Fuerteventura - dunes -

Fuerteventura - sand dunes -

SURFTRIP & SURFSPOT
Map: http://g.co/maps/5agbp

The best way if you want find empty spots for surfing is rent to a 4x4 car. If you decide to rent a cheaper car you can find other spots possibly with more surfers.

I never had problems in the water with locals; they were respectful. When I travel abroad for surf trips, I'm surfing new spots where there are local surfers, I feel like it is not my territory therefore I remain considerate of the locals.

I have one rule:

"When you arrive near the peak it's better if you wait a few minutes, to become cautious of the other people in the water. When your time has arrives, take a total commitment, paddle strong and surf your first new wave with all your heart and your body"

In a surf trip this is the right spirit of a good free surfer.

COTILLO

type: beachbreak
direction: left/right
bottom: sand/rock
crowd: week end crowd
swell direction: West
wind direction: East
best tide: -