Algarve Watersport Kite school

About Algarve Watersport Kite school

Algarve Watersport — Kitesurf School Lagos We've been teaching kitesurfing in Lagos since 2006. Lessons run at the Ria de Alvor lagoon, a flat, shallow lagoon about 15 minutes from our camp — you can stand in the teaching area, which takes most of the fear out of the first few days. When tides and wind don't line up at the lagoon, we run deep-water sessions at Meia Praia with boat support and radios. The wind here is the Nortada, a north thermal that usually fills in early afternoon and holds until evening. Season runs May to September, with June through August the most reliable at 15–25 knots. Mornings stay free — which is why our kite guests spend them at the wake park. That wake park day is the part other schools can't copy. A cable water start is almost identical to a kite water start, so you learn the board without also fighting a kite. Split the complexity, then put it back together. We teach to IKO and VDWS standards. Group lessons run 3 hours with a maximum of 4 students per instructor; semi-private and private lessons run 2.5 hours with a kite each. Kite, bar, board, wetsuit, harness, helmet and impact vest are all included. The VDWS licence is included with our kite camp packages — it's recognised worldwide for renting gear elsewhere. Lessons from €125. We're the only multi-sport water sports school in Lagos: kitesurf, surf, wing foil, windsurf, wakeboard and SUP. If the wind doesn't show, you're not stuck on the beach — you surf, you SUP, you ride the cable. Accommodation is at The Kitehouse, a villa with a pool, bar and garden, and most guests arrive solo.