Priced by what you do · 2026

Not just a room.
A week in or on the water.

You’re not choosing a bed — every guest gets a private ensuite.

You’re choosing how you spend the week: surf, wingfoil, or both.

From $2,239 / week · per person
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Three packages, two sports

Same bed, same table, same team
— you choose the water time.

Every guest gets a similar private en-suite room, so no need to choose there. What actually varies is which sport you are being coached in, and how much of the week you spend doing it.

Most popular
surfing
7 nights · 1 person Surf
coaching

The classic Swell week. Every morning two sessions with afternoons free for relaxing or enjoying a host of other excursions of offer.

  • 2 coached surf sessions a day — six days, small groups, matched to your level
  • All surf equipment — soft-tops through hardtops, leash, wax, lycra
  • Daily beach transport — driven to whichever break is working
  • 3 Yoga sessions — Mon, Wed & Fri, built around what surfing tightens
And, as always
  • Private room, 7 nights
  • Ensuite bathroom, AC & ceiling fan
  • Return Puerto Plata airport transfers
  • Daily breakfast
  • 3× communal dinners
  • 3× Yoga sessions
  • Daily transport to the surf beach
  • Pool, hammocks & all facilities
  • 24/7 on-site staff
  • Local knowledge on tap
  • Relaxed vibe between guests and staff
  • All taxes & fees
Per person · all in $2,250
≈ $322 a day
based on a 7 night stay
I had long wanted to learn to surf, but was a bit worried about going on my own, abroad, for a learn to surf holiday. Stood up on the 1st day, rode small waves the rest of the week. Met some really cool people.
Angie57 · Toronto · CA · Solo
For wind chasers
learn to wingfoil
7 nights · 1 person Wingfoil
coaching

Lie in in the mornings, enjoy the afternoon trade winds. Cabarete bay is flat, sandy and shallow and one of the few places in the World with safe, side-on winds.

  • 8 hours of wingfoil coaching — one on one teaching, learn at your own pace.
  • Wings & foils included — a full quiver, sized to the day and to you
  • Cabarete Bay conditions — sandy bottom, steady side-shore wind, safe to fall in
  • Add optional surf lessons — as you go, once you’re settled into the week ($80 per day)
And, as always
  • Private room, 7 nights
  • Ensuite bathroom, AC & ceiling fan
  • Return Puerto Plata airport transfers
  • Daily breakfast
  • 3× communal dinners
  • Pool, hammocks & all facilities
  • 24/7 on-site staff
  • Local knowledge on tap
  • Relaxed vibe between guests and staff
  • All taxes & fees
Per person · all in $2,750
≈ $399 a day
based on a 7 night stay
Was amazed by how quick the progression was! I thought learning to wing was going to be a long and hard process for someone without any previous watersport experience. Up and flying on day 5. Shopping for gear when I am back home.
Tom51 · UK · Travelling with my son
Both sports, one week
Learn to surf holidays AM
Wingfoil coaching PM
7 nights · 1 person Surf & wingfoil
coaching

Surf while the morning is glassy, wingfoil when the trade wind arrives after lunch. Cabarete is one of the few places on earth where that is possible.

  • 2 coached surf sessions a day — the full surf week, unchanged
  • 8 hours of wingfoil coaching — afternoons, once the wind is in
  • All gear for both — boards, wings, foils, impact vest
  • Both sports, one schedule — surf while it’s glassy, wing once the trade fills in
And, as always
  • Private room, 7 nights
  • Ensuite bathroom, AC & ceiling fan
  • Return Puerto Plata airport transfers
  • Daily breakfast
  • 3× communal dinners
  • Daily transport to the surf beach
  • Pool, hammocks & all facilities
  • 24/7 on-site staff
  • Local knowledge on tap
  • Relaxed vibe between guests and staff
  • All taxes & fees
Per person · all in $3,150
≈ $450 a day
based on a 7 night stay
It was intense, but limited holiday time meant that I wanted to squeeze as much as possible out of my 8-day trip. Loved the combo of both sports. Coming back as soon as my schedule allows it.
Claudia39 · NY · USA · Solo

Per-day figures are based on 7 nights — shorter stays work out relatively more, longer stays less.
Minimum stay is 5 nights. Longer, of course, is always welcome.

4.9 · 367 reviews
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Travelling with a partner or friend?

Sleep (S)Well.

Every price on this page already puts you in your own private room — California-king bed, ensuite bathroom, AC and a ceiling fan, cleaned every day. Nobody shares unless you decide otherwise.

  • Large king-size bed or 2 × single beds
  • Ensuite private bathroom
  • AC & ceiling fan
  • Daily cleaning service
A private room for the week, yours aloneAlready in every price on this page Included
Bringing someone? Add a second guestTheir bed, their meals and their coaching, for the week. Only for people booking together — we never put strangers in a room together. Priced by week
  • Stay & surf+$1,200
  • Stay & wingfoil+$1650
  • Stay, surf & wingfoil+$1995

King bed or twin singles — your call, same price. Travelling alone is the default here: 65% of our guests do.

Only 16 guests per week

How far
in advance?

Some weeks are gone three months out; others have last-minute spots. The only way to know is to send us a message — we’ll come back with dates, prices and availability the same day.

No commitment · we reply same day

Check dates 6+ months out

For the best availability, reach out as early as possible.

Max 16 guests

Swell is a boutique retreat. When a week is full, it’s full — the popular ones go three months out.

Same-day reply

Send us your dates and we come back with availability and a quote, from a real person, usually the same day.

Good to know

Questions,
answered.

Because the room is the same whichever week you take — private, ensuite, yours alone. What changes is how much water time your week holds. Pricing it by activity means you are choosing what you will actually be doing, not which bed you get.

The choice is yours, there’s no right or wrong. Both are exciting and fun, and in both sports you can make a lot of progress in 6 to 7 days. If you live close to a lake maybe choose wingfoiling so you can continue your progress at home. Choose surfing if you can regularly access the ocean.
Surf equipment is also far less expensive and easier to move than wingfoiling equipment.

Not in the haggling sense — our price is our price, and everyone pays the same. We won’t undersell guests who have booked far in advance at full price, so please don’t ask. Our policy is to price honestly than mark up and pretend to give you a discount.

Where the number can move: longer stays. Book a longer stay and the price per night drops. Everything is already included — daily surf lessons or 8 hours of wingfoil lessons (or both if you choose that package), breakfast, dinners, Puerto Plata transfers and taxes — so there’s nothing extra waiting for you at checkout either.

Because quality costs more: We have staff who’ve been with us 13+ years and are paid well, fresh food, good beds, small lesson groups, our own transport to the waves. And our price is one number. If price is your only criterion, we’re honestly not the right fit.

Stays start at five nights, though the advertised packages are built around a full 7-night stay — enough time to genuinely progress. Longer is always possible; just ask in your request. Note, it’s more expensive comparatively to stay fewer than 7-nights.

No, sorry. Our surf instructors and coaches only teach Swell clients.