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Windsurfing Costabrava Spain
The Costa Brava, Spain is blessed with a typical Mediterranean climate, giving you access to one of the biggest natural playgrounds for adrenalin enthusiasts. Extreme Sports Cafe's partner Spanish Windsurfing centre is located in L'Escala on the Costa Brava and wind surfing lessons are held in the Bay of Roses from May till end of Sept. The Bay of Roses is a paradise for learning and practicing all sorts of water sports and is an ideal location to learn windsurfing.
An important fishing town and holiday resort, L'Escala is located at the southern end of the Bay of Roses on the Costa Brava coastline of Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. L'Escala is one of the smaller holidays resorts in the Costa Brava/Catalonia region - it is not far from the border with France and is perfect for families and independent holidaymakers wanting to avoid 
the mass-market package holiday resorts. You will soon discover that L'Escala is an excellent base to discover the mostly unspoiled northern Costa Brava, beautiful beaches, art, historic monuments, nature parks and one of Spain's most important wild bird reserves is situated a few miles to the north of town.
the mass-market package holiday resorts. You will soon discover that L'Escala is an excellent base to discover the mostly unspoiled northern Costa Brava, beautiful beaches, art, historic monuments, nature parks and one of Spain's most important wild bird reserves is situated a few miles to the north of town.
The area around L'Escala is ideal for sports enthusiasts and there are plenty of facilities for water sports lovers including sailing, snorkelling, windsurfing and jet-skiing, other sports also well-catered for include fishing, walking, cycling and golfing.
The well-known Costa Brava, Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol coasts enjoy the warmer Mediterranean waters (over 20C in summer) and have miles of superb beaches that make these areas the most appealing to both visitors and expats alike. Wind surfing in the Bay of Roses is superb. From March to October the bay is blessed with great thermal side-onshore winds from 10 knts +, while the famous Tramontana blowing strongest in the spring and autumn can produce winds ranging from 20 knts up to 70-80 knts. Your best chances of catching the thermal winds are between May and September.
The Wind surfing courses vary with the level of requirement, teaching beginner windsurfing courses to have you up and windsurfing in no time to intermediate wind surfing courses pushing people into the harness and getting on a smaller board, to the more advanced like learning that first forward loop!
There is a small bay well sheltered from waves and wind making it an ideal beginners centre for sailing and windsurfing throughout the day as well as for water skiing in the morning and evening. Once out of the protection of the small bay, towards the centre of the main bay of Roses, it is fully open to the sea and the wind so on a good summer day, the thermal wind can reach up to 4 or even 5 on the Beaufort scale. For more information click here
