Expect a lot more photo’s from the clients who are going to be staying at Swell in the next couple of weeks, since we just got our new big 400 MM Canon lens today, and the first batch of pics are looking very promising.

Clare and myself love taking pictures, and when there’s half descent surf we will be at the beach at Encuentro taking pictures of our clients who are staying with us this winter. Speaking of which, the reservations are coming in very very quick and as a result very soon we will be full for a whole bunch of weeks, so if you are thinking about staying at our hotel in Cabarete, make sure you make your reservation ASAP.

Ok, here’s the first few pictures shot with the new canon lens.

Here’s the sign that my parents made for our surf camp. I think it looks great ( I hope they didn’t look at a picture of me surfing when they designed it, since the surfers’s style is uuuuuhhhmmmm ‘interesting’)

Here’s a picture from 500 metere distance looking towards Happy surf’s kite surf school in Cabarete

Picture of the garden at Swell Cabarete surf camp

Mats the birthday boy, (who also happens to look scarily like Jack Johnson)

Last but not least , here’s Cam, he might pretend to be a mean bad ass on this picture but in reality he is a super friendly chap from Canada.

Hope you’ll come back soon here to see the surf action shots taken at Encuentro, (or better book a stay with us and have your pic displayed here

have a good day
Hasta Pronto
Swell surf camp team

This morning the left at Encuentro was working, since there’s a a bit of North in the swell.
Clare went to take some shots, with great results.

Here’s some of the better ones.

Should be a good few days of surfing here in Cabarete or all along the north coast of the Dominican Republic.
And later this week….more pics of the Swell Surf Camp hotel

if he continues like this he might actually be the fist swell cabarete surf camp’s sponsored rider. In fact he already is, he’s got 20 t-shirts, about 50 stickers and uses all of Swell’s new surfboards

And here’s some more scenic shots that Clare took.

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Should be more head high waves this week, and by the end of next week there’s a good North swell arriving that should give us some good overhead clean waves here in Cabarete.
Hasta Pronto

ps: If you are looking for Swell Cabarete surf camp’s main website, it can be found here :

This afternoon, we take delivery of another big container of furniture, etc. More and more enquiries to deal with each day – it looks like Christmas may already be pretty full!

We are not taking photos now (for publication) until completion as all the items currently being done are the finishing ones and we’d like to keep them under wraps until everything is ready.  See you soon at Swell

Some strong wind came from nowhere yesterday – we both went out.  Me on a directional board and a 9m kite – should have taken a 7 as I was hanging on for dear life and Jim went windsurfing.

The kiter doing the board-off transition in the photo is one of  the world’s top riders.  Jan Marco Riveras is from Cabarete and one of the nicest people living in the town, modest and kind. 

And here is the Fonz, waiting for the camp to open;