The camp is aimed at boys and girls from 11 to 18 years of age who can enjoy the Cadiz Sea and watersports during at least two weeks during the summer.

Watersport ​Camp​ ​in​ ​Sotogrande 2023 logo

Overview

  • Training place: Puerto Deportivo de Sotogrande
  • English classes: Yes
  • Age and sex: Boys and girls from 11 to 18 years old

Summer is the season for heat and sun and one of the best options is to spend a few weeks practicing watersports to relieve high temperatures. Sotogrande International School offers a summer camp focused on watersports, where boys and girls can practice their favorite watersports in an excellent environment.

Available Programs

Junior Camp

For boys and girls from 10 to 13 years of age. The students take 15 hours of a language class and dedicate 15 hours to sports per week.  

Master Camp

For youngsters from 14 to 17 years of age. These students dedicate 12 hours to sports and take 14 hours of English or Spanish class a week. They also have the option to participate externally.

Clients who contact Ertheo before booking a camp or program are much more satisfied with their overall experience.

Do you have any questions? Ask Ertheo.

Training

  • Training place (Sailing): Puerto Deportivo de Sotogrande
  • Training venue (Watersports): Puerto de Sotogrande
  • Training place (Masters): Tarifa
  • Training hours: Between 15 and 12 hours a week
  • People per group: Between 15 and 20 people

Students who only choose sailing, train at the Sotogrande Sports Marina, located 10 minutes from the housing. The rest of the watersports take place at the Sotogrande Sports Marina for the Junior Camp and in Tarifa for the Master Camp, located 30 minutes away from the housing.

Thanks to the collaboration of the watersports equipment company, OZU, the school offers al types of activities such as Kite Surfing, Stand Up Paddleboarding and Surfing. The instructors speak several languages and have experience in organizing safe activities. The Venta El Tito is the headquarters for the activities in Tarifa where students can enjoy the restaurant, the volleyball court and the chill out area. Participants undergo between 12 and 15 hours of sports a week. In addition, the training groups are made up of no more than 12 people. The transportation between the housing and the training takes place on the camp´s private busses.

Language Classes

  • Group size: 10 students maximum
  • Class hours (Junior Camp): 15 hours / week
  • Class hours (Master Camp): 14 hours / week

Sotogrande International School offers Spanish and English classes and students can choose the language they wish to improve on. The professors are native speakers and give 15-hour classes a week for student in the Junior Camp and 14 hours a week for those in the Master Camp. These classes take place on the afternoons except for Sundays when field trips take place.

Once students arrive at the camp, they take a test in order to divide them into levels. The professors divide the students in groups of 10 maximum and at the end of the course, they all receive an accrediting diploma depending on the level they reach. Sotogrande International School is a prestigious school during the rest of the year and gives classes to boys and girls in ESO and Bachillerato.

Camp Schedule

The Sotogrande camp offers a fun program of recreational activities and excursions outside the camp. After the main activities are finished, entertainment activities are organized for all the boys who want to continue having fun. These activities can be workshops, sports games, board games, talent shows, etc.

Field Trips

The Sotogrande School reserves Wednesdays for field trips nearby to Sotogrande. The instructors have several visits to Malaga and Cádiz prepared, these are cities with frequent tourist appeal and quite close to Sotogrande, the beaches of Tarifa, and they also organize field trips to the Isla Mágica theme park in Sevilla, and can also visit  Gibraltar. They also visit Marbella every year, and spend the day at the Adventure Park Amazonia Marbella.

On field trip days they are away from 10:00AM until 7:00PM

Clients who contact Ertheo before booking a camp or program are much more satisfied with their overall experience.

Do you have any questions? Ask Ertheo.

Accommodation

  • Accommodation place (Junior Camp): In the school itself, in the “Gaudí” building
  • Lugar de hospedaje (Master Camp): Boarding House de la Escuela Internacional de Sotogrande

Junior Camp

Students who belong to the Junior Camp stay at the school in the “Gaudí” building. This facility has six rooms with bunk beds for a maximum of 12 students and all of them have air conditioning and bathroom access in the same building. Changing rooms are located in the school´s gymnasium in a nearby building and are separated for boys and girls.

Master Camp

Master Camp students stay at the International School´s Boarding House in Sotogrande, located in the residential complex San Roque, 5 minutes away from the school. Students are placed in single or double rooms with separated areas for boys and girls. The facilities have common areas with TV´s to share. Students can choose to live outside of the school´s facilities and attend the camp as well.

Facilities

The activities take place in Tarifa, where there is a beach and it´s the ideal location to practice watersports. La Venta El Tito is where boys and girls can eat, rest and practice other activities such as volleyball. The company OZU is in charge of supplying all the material and help with the activities that take place at sea.

Location

The school camp is located in San Roque, exactly at: Avenida La Reserva, s/n,11310 Sotogrande, Cádiz

The closest airports to San Roque are:

  • Gibraltar Airport, only 9 km away
  • Jerez Airport, over 100 km away
  • Malaga Airport, 115km away
  • Sevilla Airport, 195 km away

The closest train stations are:

  • San Roque
  • Malaga - Maria Zambrano
  • Sevilla - Santa Justa

Prices and Dates

Duration (Weeks) Deportes Acuáticos Sotogrande
Sailing and Languages

The official rate of this program is determined in EUROS so the final amount in other currencies may vary slightly due to currency fluctuation.

Starting Dates

Sailing and Languages

30 June

14 July

Improved booking conditions for all camps

This 2023 make your reservation more easily and with less risk

  • We´ve lowered the deposit required to reserve your camp to just 500€
  • Free cancellation until March 1st
  • Money-back guarantee within 10 days
  • Optional anti-covid insurance
  • *Please note that if a visa is required to attend camp, it will be necessary to pay the total amount of the program

    *Special conditions valid for all 2023 summer camp reservations except for the Barça USA camp, which will follow the general terms and conditions.

Extra Services

You can purchase one of the extra services below at an additional cost.

    Camp Insurance

    We offer two insurance options based on your needs:

  • Cancellation and Interruption Insurance: This option allows you to get your money back if you have to cancel or interrupt the camp for any justified reason, including injury or illness of participants both before and during the camp (the policy contains 35 different causes for justified cancellations).
  • Travel/Medical Insurance: With this insurance policy, you will be covered for medical assistance abroad and possible expenses caused by health-related issues, as well as other contingencies such as lost luggage or an unforeseen flight change.

    Download the following PDF to learn more about each insurance options terms and conditions, coverage features, and price.

    Camp Insurance
    Transfer Service:

    There are two types of transfer services available that we´ll detail for you below:

  • Standard transfer service: the camp offers an optional transfer service for participants who request it from the nearest airport to the residence (or vice versa). Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices for this service.
  • Special transfer with additional unaccompanied minor service: participants who fly to camp alone and have contracted the unaccompanied minor service with their airline must hire this special transfer with accompaniment so that the child isn´t left alone in the airport. Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices of this service.

Contact Ertheo for prices and additional information.

Transportation to the camp (flights/trains) is not included in the price of our programs.