Surfing with No Work Team

Encuentro is one of the best surf spots of the Caribbean, located at the north coast of Dominican Republic between Sosua and the capital of surfing, Cabarete. Encuentro offers various breaks for all levels of surfing. We have a left and a right break for experienced surfers, we have Bobo's point for beginners and intermediate surfers and we have Coco Pipe, Destroyer and el Canal for professional and radical surfers. Encuentro is working around 320 days per year, offering in summer easy surfing swells from east (between 3-6 ft) and huge swells from north in winter (between 6-12 ft). This means you can surf all year round in fantastic conditions and warm waters, where you will just need board shorts and a rash guard.

Beside Encuentro, the north coast is offering more spots with special conditions like Sosua Bay for big north swells or Playa Grande and Playa Preciosa with nice beach breaks.

Dominican north coast is getting more and more famous among american and european surfers as well as from surfers from other parts of the world. Sometimes at weekends when the local surfers from Santo Domingo are showing up too, it can get quiet crowded, but the good thing is, that the locals are very friendly and if everybody brings the right respect to each other there is no problem with localism, as we know this is an issue in other famous surf spots around the world.

Surfing at Encuentro

The most famous spot in the island with our qualified instructors.

Check our new school directly at Encuentro!

Now you can rent your perfect surfboard directly at the spot and you can switch board during the day!

Start: every day 8.30 am at Cabarete with our Surf Shuttle

• 1 hour lesson and full time supervision including board rental
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You learn:

• about the sport and how to handle the equipment
• how to enter and exit the ocean
• paddling and crossing the waves (duck dive)
• catching the wave in the right moment
• standing on the board (take off)
• going on the side of the wave
• to catch the wave and to ride the wave

Cabarete is the surfing capital of the Dominican Republic and meeting point for surfers from all over the world. Together with the windsurfers and kiteboarders they are creating the special flair of Cabarete. Beside shopping and water sports Cabarete is also famous for the night life with many restaurants, bars and discoteks directly at the beach, which attracts all tourists and many locals from the whole island. In the No Work Team Surf shop you can rent your surf board or body board, sign up for lessons or aquire the latest surf ware or hard ware you need before hitting out to Playa Encuentro. The shop organizes your whole trip to Encuentro in the morning with transportation, rental or lesson. The trip starts every morning at 6.30 and 8.30 am from the shop or if you want from your hotel. The boards are already waiting at Encuentro in our surf school directly at the spot. We have a huge surf pool, with surf boards for all surfing levels waiting for you. Starting with plastic boards for beginners and going to glass construction in polyester or Epoxy. We have over 50 boards and you can choose between long boards, fun boards, short boards and fish design to get the right board for every kind of surf.

    

Surf shuttle

• Transfer from Cabarete to Encuentro and back
• Start: every day 8.30 am
• Back: 10.30 am or later (ask at the school)

Come with us to catch the waves with your friends and under the eyes of one of the most experienced local surfers!

Rental at Encuentro

Requirements for lesson and rental:

• don't eat too much before the trips
• good sun protection
• surf shoes and rush guard (can be rented at the school )
• sign up one day before

Watersport Week

The Watersport Week is a 5 days Event with different activities every day:

• Surfing day: 1 h lesson or 1 day rental at Encuentro
• Windsurfing day: 3 h lesson for beginners or 2 h windsurfing rental in Cabarete
• Kiteboarding day: 2 h lesson or 2 hour rental at the Big Air Kite School Cabarete
• Rafting day: in Jarabacoa
• Cascading or Canyoning day: minimum 4 people

This is just one possiblity how the Watersport Week may look like. If you are a group we can change this to your preferences. For example we could add some more kite surfing lessons in the afternoon or some more surfing sessions in the morning. We can also switch to SUP or Kayak Tour.