Bank Holiday surfing on Gower Visit Swansea Bay for your proper holidays

The water is warming up, the surfboards and wetsuits are waiting for you so come on down to Gower for a surfing lesson and learn to ride the waves and do something different!

We are now taking bookings for surf lessons during the Bank holiday weekend and the junior surfing academy half term holidays

See you on the beach soon :)

Book your Caswell Bay Junior Summer Season Surfing Academy places now for your Visit Swansea Bay holiday

Come and surf with us when you Visit Swansea Bay...

Not long to go and the summer term school holidays will be upon us, we have our busy Junior Surfing  Academy running at Caswell Bay every week of the summer term school holidays. Please see our surfing academy information page by clicking here: Summer surfing at Caswell Bay or you can simply book online here: Shop gsd junior surfing

 

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After the worst period of weather in March most can recall it looks like this weekend could be cooking in comparison to what we have been use to that is checkout the following link > Swansea Weather on BBC  it's showing 16c wow get the sun block out!

After cancelling so many lessons in the last month due to the weather and temp it looks like the season may start soon.. Positive thoughts for a fairly dry summer please!

Oh and I forget to mention looks like we will have good waves coming this weekend for a few days so enjoyo. :))

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Winter waves this Easter Bank Holiday here in sunny Wales

Well the forecast is looking better and better for the south west in particular Wales and Ireland as the swell direction is due south west and a long period which will mean many spots that only work in winter (yes, I know it is spring) should be pumping.

Many forecasters are highlighting 20 second energy starting later this arvo then the swell starts filling in for a super fun day on saturday and sunday with the swell potentially hanging around until the mid of next week (wind dependant) it could be a great way to kick off the Easter holidays for those left in the country that is!

The water is still baltic and winter wetsuits are still required including boots and gloves so pick your spot and enjoyo, Happy Easter everyone

p.s at least it's not raining....

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Best Man, Or, Chief Bridesmaid? Then don't forget the stag do or hen do will not run itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You all know the saying from your training courses, 'If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.." and believe me when you have 15 plus guys or girls all put together for a weekend of celebration and drinking then if not organised things can end up spoiling the weekend.

The main thing is it is all about him or her, what would they like to do on their last weekend of freedom?

Or in the case of some groups it is a case of just picking the stag up taking his bag of clothes off him and turning him into the groups gimp for the weekend. (This generally happens to stags as a pay back for past actions on similar weekends.)

On the whole though, there should be plenty of emails bouncing around suggesting locations, activities and places to stay. After much debate then the shortlist can be sent to all those that are going to vote and give thoughts on each.

 

Hopefully then this will arm the organiser to start planning, booking and getting the monies in and deposits paid.

After everything above has been sorted then, the group leader should produce an itineray for the weekend so everyone knows what is going on and when they are expected to meet etc.

The best plans can fail if, the group have not been consulted fully and individuals needs taken into account, for example one of the group does not like heights or another can not swim. The main thing for the planners to keep at the forefront of the planning is "TEAM" weekend focusing on fun for all and in particular the stag or hen.

Good luck with your planning!

SURFGSD run surfing sessions, days and weekends for stag do and hen do here in Swansea and Newquay, Cornwall contact us for more information on group rates and ideas on places to stay

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Gower, no surf then go walking in our great outdoors when you Visit Swansea Bay for your proper holidays

In an earlier post we went walking on the coastal paths near Mumbles village taking in Caswell Bay & Langland Beach well today we went down the very tip of Gower to Rhossili Village which of course hosts the best beach in Britain Rhossili Bay.

You have many walking options here depending how fit you are feeling or perhaps what the weather is like, my favourite is walking along the Rhossili downs to the far end, 'sheeps jaw', then walking back along the beach watching the waves.

Other options include walking down to the wormshead, pay a visit to the national trust visitor centre on your way then head along the coastal path and you may find some secret bays that the pirates and smugglers used many years ago.

Or if you don't fancy doing much why not sit in one of the many cafes or even better visit The Wormshead hotel for pub grub and a local pint. 

For more information on walking on gower, mumbles and swansea bay checkout this web page > Walking Wales, Swansea Bay region

We run surfing lesson from here once the weather warms up and the surf is safe to play in, click here for surfing lessons rhossili bay

 

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Surfing is growing worldwide, the new generations & older heads need to learn (or re-learn) the rules of the road or it will be no fun for anyone.

Surfing is growing worldwide, the new generations & older heads need to learn (or re-learn) the rules of the road or it will be no fun for anyone.

p.s if you can not be bothered to read the rules below, I have added a must watch video at the bottom of this blog post, hopefully you will be able to watch that (all surfers should)

Prevention rather than cure 

1) Surf with a buddy
2) The surfer on the wave has priority, so get out of their way
3) If paddling out and a surfer is heading towards you, simply head into the impact zone (or soup), thereby not ruining the surfers ride
4) If surfing a wave like the 'reef' or Crab Island, never cut corners, paddle all the way around so as to stay clear of the surfing zone
5) Do not sit in front of a take off spot, as if someone takes off on the outside they have a really good chance of running you over. Go back to rule number 2 the surfer has priority not you sitting on the inside catching the small waves
6) Ensure that the equipment you are using is 'fit for the purpose' and that you have a leg rope as it is irresponsible to surf a longboard/shortboard/piece of cheese in busy surf breaks without a leg rope and more importantly at busy beaches with swimmers, as if you lose the love of your life it will bounce with speed towards the shore and do a good imitation of a bowling ball taking all the skittles out on its lone trip to the beach
7) If you are hiring a surfboard ensure that you have had a surf lesson from an approved surf school and then only hire softboards which are good enough for 90percent of the surfing population on any given British day anyway.
8) Know the beach/coastline you are going to surf before you jump in, speak to locals, check info on websites such as beachwizard, magicseaweed, surfs up etc and if there is a beach rescue service have a chat with them about potential dangers
9) The list goes on and on for more info check out the RNLI website.
10) Do not stick your head in the sand or in the way of another surfer, get trained and know before you go

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1 surfing rules of the road

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Book your Caswell Bay Junior Summer Season Surfing Academy places now for your Visit Swansea Bay holiday

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Not long to go and the summer term school holidays will be upon us, we have our busy Junior Surfing  Academy running at Caswell Bay every week of the summer term school holidays. Please see our surfing academy information page by clicking here: Summer surfing at Caswell Bay or you can simply book online here: Shop gsd junior surfing

1) FAQ on our Junior Surfing Academy at Caswell Beach
2) Pay online for Junior surfing academy
3) Print off a consent form and bring with you to the beach
4) Places to stay Swansea Bay
5) SurfGSD environmental policy

If you have any other queries after reading the information please email me and we will try and get back to you within 24 hours, do not forget that you can follow our surfing news/information updates by becoming our friend on facebook

N.B Our Mobile number for last minute bookings is 077 395 361 22

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Walking on Gower a free activity for you and the family when you come and visit swansea bay

There are several walks from Mumbles village that we (my wife plus 2 toddlers) walk on dry days and yesterday despite the cutting wind was no exception. We set out from Langland corner (.5 miles from Mumbles) then walked to Caswell bay following the bus route. At Caswell Bay we took the coastal path heading back to Langland Bay.

Pic below Caswell Bay

The first picture at top is one of the stunning views from the coastal path which winds itself along to Langland Bay, we saw the resident seal floating in the tidal current enjoying the early spring sunshine.

Then the final push takes you down into Langland Bay picture below:

Both beaches have cafes and food outlets, we like the Langland Braz' nearest one to the point as you come from Caswell Bay, it also has free wifi so you you can catch up with your social life 2.0!!

You can always take a pack lunch and thermos flask and use one of the many benches to sit down and enjoy the views and peace... and then of course that is a free activity for you all.

Rhossili Bay's TripAdvisor triumph sparks whinging from the distant relatives down under

Well talk about bad sports, the relatives down under are doing what they accuse the poms of and that is having a massive WHINGE  all because our Rhossili Beach on the amazing Gower coastline (hosting many beaches that could have won the award including Three Cliffs Bay) was voted so highly above their beaches.

Here are some articles relating to the big whinge and some links for visiting us and surfing at Rhossili Bay.

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Good Luck Swansea City FC and some excellent news for Swansea Bay Region regarding Rhossili Bay

   Bring back the Capital one cup for the region Swansea City Fc

We all owe so much to the football club for the massive exposure brought to the region, this has certainly been enhanced in part by their (Barcelona) style of football and the professional conduct of all involved with the Swans has also gained much admiration world wide.

The whole of the Swansea bay region will be glued to the TV sets come sunday arvo to cheer on the boys.

It is going to be a fantastic sporting weekend with the 6 nations on Saturday with Wales hoping to win in the olympic stadium, Italy and a cracking game in prospect with England playing the French (if they turn up).

To finish this quick post off, the Swansea Bay region had some fantastic news from the Trip Advisor site regarding Rhossili Bay, (pic below) news article links below, we run surfing lessons at rhossili during the summer months only 3 hours by train from London!!

Rhossili bay number one beach in the UK  by Visit Swansea Bay

Trip Advisor number one beach UK is Rhossili Bay

Rhossili bay must be one of the most beautiful locations in the UK for surfing?

We have surfing lessons on this weekend as the surf is looking like it will be fun to book in simply txt 077 395 361 22

 

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