Learn to kite-surf in South-Africa and get hooked into Kitesurfing for the rest of your life!

South-Africa offers hundreds of magnificent places where to learn to kite surf safely. This makes South-Africa one of the best places in the world to learn to kite surf! Novices can learn Kitesurfing in almost all of the different regions of South-Africa, providing that the wind blows, and that there is water to practice on of course!

What are favorable conditions to learn to Kite surf in South-Africa?

The wind is the first factor to take into consideration to learn to kite surf safely: a consistent wind between 12 and 16 knots make learning to kite surf enjoyable and safe. The size of the kite to be used would then have to be determined by taking into consideration the weight of the learner. The orientation of the wind should be any component of onshore wind, preferably cross-onshore. Then, the temperature of the water is also an important factor to make learn to kite surf enjoyable: preferably warm than cold as we are not penguins!

Where to learn to kite surf in South-Africa?

The most popular regions to learn to kite surf in South-Africa are the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape, and the Kwazulu Natal.

Where to learn to kite surf in the Western Cape?

There are many nice places to kite-surf in the Western Cape. However, only few are really well suited to learn kitesurfing. Muizenberg makes learning to kite surf enjoyable as the water is warm, the wind always blows consistently, and the Southeasterly winds are onshore to cross-onshore, making learning to kite feel safe as the wind always tends to bring naturally kitesurfing learners back towards the beach. Learning to kite surf in the North of Cape Town area is also possible either in Bloubergstrand or Langebaan. Both Bloubergstrand and Langebaan have most of the time a side shore wind also favorable to learn to kite surf, although a thick wetsuit is indispensable as the water is usually ice cold, especially in summer. Strand beach is also a nice place to learn to kite surf, with warm water, although the wind strength and direction is rather unpredictable which makes it difficult to schedule kite surfing lessons there in advance.

Why taking Kitesurfing lessons instead of learning to kite by yourself?

Ask yourself how you would learn skiing. Buying a pair of skis and throwing yourself down the Everest Mountain would not be a good idea indeed. A better option would be to first learn how to control your gears, such as how to turn, accelerate, or even more importantly how to break. Kitesurfing obeys to the same principles. Learning to Kitesurf begins by learning to control your kite. This includes learning to launch a power kite, to increase or to decrease the power of the kite, to control the kite at anytime, and then only using your skills in controlling the kite to help you go on the kiteboard for your first run.

Is it expensive to take Kitesurfing lessons in a Kiteschool?

Well, it is just a matter of choosing the right Kitesurfing School. Some kitesurfing Schools will charge you more, and some will charge you less to learn kitesurfing.

In order to give anyone the opportunity to learn to Kitesurf SAFELY, Surfstore Africa Kite-school is simply offering kite-surfing lessons for free, simply because safety is our priority number one.

The way it works: all of our kitesurfing students can be refunded from up to three kitesurfing lessons when they purchase their first Kitesurfing equipment set at Surfstore Africa.^* Since statistically it takes three kitesurfing lessons for our learners to be able to practice kitesurfing on their own safely with their own equipment, Surfstore Africa will deduct the amount of up to 3 kitesurfing lessons off the purchase of an Ozone kitesurfing equipment set (kite + Board + Harness).^*

^{*Terms and conditions apply. Special offer subjected to stock availability.}