EasyDrop

Itacaré is a district of the Northeastern Brazilian State of Bahia. Providing its
visiting surfers with some of the most consistently breaking surf spots in
Brazil, besides paradise beaches with warm water all year round, and
stunning Atlantic rain forest all over. It’s 8 surfing peaks stretch out over 15
km north and south of the Itacaré village, some of them open beach breaks
with waves comparing those of Southern France, some of them inside
sheltered bays with pointbreak-like wave setups, plus one reef break and a
river mouth with probably the longest right hander in all over Brazil.

The 17th century town of Itacaré, at one time a notorious hideout for
pirates, preserves a small village charm enhanced by colonial buildings.
Today it is a relaxed village inhabited by fishermen, surfers, Brazilians and
foreigners, establishing their life close to nature and waves.

Our accommodation is on "Praia da Concha"-beach, the most posh
neighborhood in town. It's a quite privileged location: beach-front with a
view over the waves of Boca da Barra! From the garden door of Pousada
Girassol to the water's edge is only about 30 meters! At the same time, it's
not more than a 5 minutes walk to the center of town and to the
headquarters from where we leave to our daily surf classes.
This beach is excellent for hanging around and swimming. Here you'll find
numerous beach huts selling cold beer and fresh seafood.
The rooms are spacious, extremely clean and individually decorated. All
rooms have a bright, clean, and solid built private bathroom.

All rooms are equipped with:
● air condition
● refrigerator
● TV
● safe
● bright spotless bathroom
● veranda with hammock
The rich tropical breakfast served in a fresh roomy breakfast/garden area.
It's schedules are set in accordance to surf class schedules.
WIFI is available in the collective breakfast/garden area.

Best time:
Itacaré has a tropical, hot, and humid climate. Temperatures can reach
35ºC during December to March, but normally range then from 29º - 32º
during summer. Irregular rain periods with temperatures between 25ºC to 30ºC characterize
autumn from April to June. In winter, from June to September, Itacaré has a
humid climate with temperatures around 26ºC and quite some rainfall, but
even with windy days and rainfall, temperatures hardly fall below 20ºC.
Weather from September to November is the most calm of the year. Expect
sunshine and a warm and comfortable climate.
For the experienced surfers, Brazilian winter is the best travel season, since
there are generally bigger waves (up to 10 feet from June to August).
Anyway, Itacaré is known for its consistent surf all year round, best
pre-requisites for beginners to learn surfing and intermediate surfers to
progress successfully.

Included:
● Airport shuttle taxi from Ilhéus (airport abbreviation: IOS) to and
from Itacaré.
● Single or double room lodging in bright spacious rooms with
private bathroom, air condition, refrigerator, TV, WIFI, safe,
balcony, hammock, in a charming beach front hotel with daily,
tropical and very rich buffet breakfast.
● Complete surfing equipment, including: surf boards, leashes, wax,
rash guard, and surf hats.
● Daily transportation to the best surf break in the region (defined
based on daily surf conditions analysis made by our operational
staff).
● Approx. 4 hours of practical instruction per day in small groups,
with a minimum of 1 instructor for every 3 students of similar
surfing skills, and adequate teaching for the individual technical
level of each student.
● Video recording of practical surf classes from Mon. to Fri.
● Digital photography sessions on Saturdays.
● 1-2 hours of theoretical surf lessons with video-analysis (Mon. to
Fri.)
● Complete and exclusive EasyDrop surfing Manual (pdf).
● Each client receives a link + password to access the high
resolution online photo gallery containing the client's surfing
pictures taken on Saturdays, for free download and also the link to
download the edited film from our daily surf class footage from
Monday to Friday.
Optionals:
● Therapeutic massages at the EasyDrop SPA;
● Hatha Yoga classes.
● Surfing accident insurance

Waves:
Due to the funnel-shaped continental underwater platform in this region,
this stretch of coastline receives extremely consistent small to mid size
short and medium period swells, providing close to 365 surfable days per
year. Still, many surfing peaks in Itacaré lay in closed bays and/or are
sheltered/protected against summer Northeastern trade winds or winter cold
South front winds.
Thus, even in international comparison, Itacaré offers a perfect environment
for beginners and intermediate-level surfers to learn and improve their
surfing.

Surf School:
Our surf teaching program puts individual attention in first places, closely
followed by the use of technology, highest equipment standards, and a full
set of highly developed teaching techniques in order to provide surf students
with maximum progress in minimum time, without compromising safety or
fun.We guarantee a minimum instructor-student ratio of 1:3. Fully individual
instructions are provided at now extra cost whenever there is demand.
All practical classes are recorded to video, and the footage is discussed with
the students in daily theoretical seminars. Students' profile is about 50% of each gender, main age range 25 to 40.