9 options from €60 per person. Departures from Matas Blancas beach, La Oliva, Flag Beach. Duration 1h – 4h.
Lessons on the wind here start at €60 per person — Matas Bay's two-hour windsurf taster on the flat water of Matas Blancas, taught in groups of three to five, with all the equipment included; with only two participants the school shortens it to an hour.
Wing-foil holds the cheapest single hour: Matas Bay's group taster is €55, although its wing page does not repeat the “price per person” mark the school puts on kite and windsurf, so confirm that one. Private wing hours there are €110 on day one, €100 on day two and €90 on day three, and René Egli's two-hour windsurf taster is €85.
The spread runs from a two-hour taster to a full course booked in blocks, and each school counts the block differently. Here is the ladder, cheapest first:
A 1- to 5-day beginner kite course on Flag Beach in the north of Fuerteventura, run since 1999 by the only VDWS-certified watersports centre on this side of the island. Day one is an hour of theory and three hours on the beach plus three free practice hours; from day two the lessons move to the open water from the school's boats. €175 for one day up to €570 for five, four students per instructor on the beach and two in the water.
A 1- to 5-day windsurf course in the north of Fuerteventura, taught at Flag Beach and in the El Cotillo lagoon by the only VDWS-certified centre on this side of the island. Day one starts with a pick-up anywhere in Corralejo and three to four hours of theory, rigging, the simulator and board balancing; days two and three are three to four hours on the water. €90 for one day up to €360 for five, at most eight students per instructor.
A 1- to 5-day wing-foil course at Flag Beach and the El Cotillo lagoon, an hour and a half a day. Day one is the wind, the gear and a first go on a SUP board; day two you learn to stand on the foil while being towed behind a boat, water-ski style; from day three wing and foil come together. €120 for one day up to €520 for five, with a VDWS wing-foil certificate available for €20 from the only VDWS centre in the north of the island.
A school on Matas Blancas beach at the northern end of Sotavento, where lessons run with a headset in your helmet and an instructor on a jet ski a few metres away. The semi-private beginner lesson is two hours for €140 per person or three hours for €165; private lessons run €145 for the first day, €135 for the second and €125 for the third; a private hour is €110, then €100, then €90. Everything is included and the water in front of the base is flat and at least 1.5 m deep whatever the tide.
Windsurfing taught on the flat water of Matas Blancas, at the northern end of Sotavento, on high-volume beginner boards with light Freetime sails. Two hours of tasting the sport is €60 per person; the three-hour beginner course is €85, six hours over two days €165 and nine hours over three days €195, each with two hours of free equipment rental on top. A private hour is €90 and comes with a transfer between the base and your hotel.
Private wing-foil tuition in hour-long sessions on the flat water of Matas Blancas, at the northern end of Sotavento. Day one is €110 and starts on a beginner board with no foil at all, so you get used to the wing first; day two is €100 and adds the foil; day three is €90. A group taster of an hour is €55, and the school also rents complete wing-foil kit from €60 an hour.
A course in blocks of three hours at the René Egli centre on Playa Sotavento, taught two students to an instructor in the shallow tidal lagoon the school holds an exclusive licence for, or in the sea with jet-ski support. €205 per person for 3 h, rising to €750 for the full 12-hour course; board, kite, accessories and equipment insurance are included, and you need to be at least 15 and 50 kg.
The windsurf school at the René Egli centre on Playa Sotavento teaches from 8 years up, at most six students to an instructor, in the shallow tidal lagoon it holds an exclusive licence for or in the sea with jet-ski support. A 2-hour taster is €85, the 8-hour beginner A-course €265, the 4-hour refresher €190 and a private hour €120 without equipment or €135 with; boards come from JP and Starboard and sails from Severne.
Wing-foil tuition at the René Egli centre on Playa Sotavento, taught on the sea with jet-ski support on North equipment. The Beachfly group taster is one hour for €75 per person with wing and accessories included; a two-hour private lesson is €240 without wing equipment or €270 with board, wing and accessories. From 15 years and 50 kg, wetsuit, life-vest, helmet and equipment insurance included.
Operators: Flag Beach Windsurf & Kitesurf Centre · Matas Bay · René Egli Fuerteventura
I booked a four-day beginner kitesurfing course and I am entirely happy with it. Every instructor gives their best to move your learning on. They have an answer to every question, spot your weak points and adapt to you, and I learned a great deal because of it. I simply felt in very good hands.
I did a 5 day introduction one on one course. I alternated between Robin and Paul as my instructors. Both were excellent and patient with me. I haven't tried any wind sports before and there was a lot to learn and using muscles I have not used before. My main tip is to build up some leg stamina and strength beforehand.
I had a really nice experience with this school and I can definitely recommend it! I participated in a 5 day intermediate Windsurf course. The lagoon where we went surfing was so beautiful! During the course days, the wind got stronger and stronger and I recognized that I don't have the skills to manage this kind of wind. The school was pretty flexible.
I had a really nice experience with this school and I can definitely recommend it! I participated in a 5 day intermediate Windsurf course. The lagoon where we went surfing was so beautiful! During the course days, the wind got stronger and stronger and I recognized that I don't have the skills to manage this kind of wind. The school was pretty flexible and they offered me to participate in the course.
The wind is taught north and south. In the south, Sotavento and Matas Blancas put you in shallow, flat water at Costa Calma. In the north, Flag Beach works the dune coast beside Corralejo and the El Cotillo lagoon. What separates the schools is less the spot than the block they sell — an hour, a day, or a course counted in hours.
Flag Beach sells days: one day of kite is €175 and five are €570, windsurf runs €90 to €360, wing-foil €120 to €520 at ninety minutes a day. René Egli sells blocks of hours — kite at €205 for three, €395 for six, €585 for nine and €750 for twelve — and takes 5 % off if the invoice is transferred a week before you arrive. Matas Bay sells single lessons.
| School | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Matas Bay | Windsurf taster, two hours, groups of three to five | €60 per person |
| René Egli | Windsurf taster, two hours, at most six students per instructor | €85 |
| Flag Beach | Windsurf, day one with Corralejo pick-up at 10:00 | €90 |
| Matas Bay | Kite, two hours semi-private, two students to one kite | €140 per person |
| Flag Beach | Kite, day one: theory, the beach and three free practice hours | €175 |
| René Egli | Kite, a three-hour block, two students per instructor | €205 per person |
The south is flat water. René Egli sits on Playa Sotavento and holds an exclusive licence for the shallow tidal lagoon, with a free shuttle to its deepest parts and jet-ski support when lessons move into the sea. Matas Bay is fifteen metres from the water at Matas Blancas, in a bay it says does not depend on the tide and stays at least 1.5 m deep.
The north is Flag Beach, on the dune coast beside Corralejo. The kite course starts on the beach and moves onto the open water from the school's own boats, so there is no walking upwind; windsurf and wing-foil are taught both at Flag Beach and in the shallow El Cotillo lagoon on the north-west coast. Day one of the windsurf course begins with a pick-up anywhere in Corralejo.
Flag Beach teaches four to an instructor on the beach and two in the water on kite, and up to eight on windsurf. René Egli keeps two students per instructor on kite whatever the level and at most six on windsurf. Matas Bay's semi-private kite lesson is two students on one kite, its groups of three to five give each rider an instructor, and its wing-foil lessons are one to one.
Important
These figures are packages of hours or days, not hourly rates, and not every school says whom the figure covers. Flag Beach prints course prices without a per-person mark while teaching four to an instructor — settle how a second student is billed before you pay.
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