{"id":7301,"date":"2022-09-15T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/?p=7301"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:39:49","slug":"windsurfing-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/curiosities\/windsurfing-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Playa Cabarete: Windsurfing in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7301\" class=\"elementor elementor-7301 elementor-7295\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85a57da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85a57da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94e3069\" data-id=\"94e3069\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dfc1f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dfc1f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saman\u00e1 is a lovely peninsula in the north of the Dominican Republic. It is a virgin oasis&nbsp;of the Dominican Atlantic. It is one of the most welcoming parts of the&nbsp;Dominican Republic, where you can forget about time and watch life go by from<br>its idyllic beaches.<\/p>\n<p><br>You will fall in&nbsp;love forever when you come here: Playa Rinc\u00f3n, Las Terrenas, Salto del Lim\u00f3n&nbsp;Waterfall\u2026 and such charming towns as Los Pescadores, where you can find the&nbsp;most exciting night life in the area.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The history of&nbsp;this friendly and humble peninsula goes back a long way, where colourful&nbsp;traditional houses, lush green forests and peaceful coconut trees provide the&nbsp;perfect backdrop on beaches that will delight anyone who comes here.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8791c04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8791c04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffbc10c\" data-id=\"ffbc10c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c755be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c755be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What to do on holiday in Saman\u00e1?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fad57a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fad57a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14d2ebd\" data-id=\"14d2ebd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598ce6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"598ce6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saman\u00e1 is home to some spectacularly beautiful jewels of nature that&nbsp;will absolutely take your breath away, including the beaches of Cos\u00f3n, Las Galeras, Cayo Levantado, El Valle, Punta Bonita\u2026 But if you are looking for waves and a good vibe to enjoy windsurfing, we recommend you visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitarepublicadominicana.org\/playa-cabarete\">Playa Cabarete<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Playa de Cabarete is a&nbsp;large bay where the morning winds help beginners get started in this&nbsp;sport.&nbsp; What starts as a gentle breeze in&nbsp;the morning gets stronger as the day goes by, meaning that the conditions&nbsp;become best at midday for more professional windsurfers. This beach has become&nbsp;an important benchmark for the practice of water sports. Thanks to the&nbsp;incredible natural conditions offered by the beach, it has successfully&nbsp;positioned itself among the&nbsp;top ten beaches&nbsp;in the world&nbsp;for&nbsp;kitesurfing&nbsp;and&nbsp;windsurfing. Playa de&nbsp;Cabarete&nbsp;is a living beach where you can interact with&nbsp;local people and discover both the customs and spectacular nature of the&nbsp;Dominican Republic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b430f6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b430f6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5509547\" data-id=\"5509547\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fb1b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7fb1b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/windsurf2.jpg\" title=\"windsurf2\" alt=\"windsurf2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a3b8bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a3b8bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b1f645\" data-id=\"8b1f645\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb04cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fb04cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why visit Playa de Cabarete? <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c7148a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c7148a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a0d5f1\" data-id=\"6a0d5f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13195f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c13195f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Because the waves here&nbsp;are perfect. If you decide to visit between December and March, the waves in&nbsp;Bah\u00eda de Cabarete seem tailor-made for windsurfing. Practice your 360\u00ba spins&nbsp;and jumps or simply get started in this sport. If you want to see windsurfers&nbsp;performing all sorts of stunts and tricks, we recommend coming in June. The&nbsp;international Cabarete Race Week windsurfing event includes an exciting&nbsp;windsurf competition.&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08298b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08298b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b7ec8d\" data-id=\"3b7ec8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b368cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b368cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/windsurf1.jpg\" title=\"windsurf1\" alt=\"windsurf1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbdc6d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbdc6d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2669b7\" data-id=\"d2669b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ceb91f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ceb91f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This and many&nbsp;more experiences can be enjoyed from the hotels in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahia-principe.com\/en\/resorts-in-dominican-republic\/samana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saman\u00e1<\/a>, such as the&nbsp;incredible view to be seen from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/es\/republica-dominicana\/dominicana-puentes-samana\/\">Puente&nbsp;de los Cayos<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahia-principe.com\/en\/resorts-in-dominican-republic\/resort-samana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bahia Principe Luxury Saman\u00e1<\/a>&nbsp;is only three hours by car from&nbsp;Playa de Cabarete. Bahia Principe hotels offer exceptional locations, direct&nbsp;access to amazing beaches, views to die for, spacious rooms, exquisite&nbsp;gastronomy and much more.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy an adult-only holiday surrounded by lush&nbsp;vegetation, exclusive services and all the comfort and relaxation you need.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56dcb05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56dcb05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-296770a\" data-id=\"296770a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619c29d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"619c29d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/windsurf3.jpg\" title=\"windsurf3\" alt=\"windsurf3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saman\u00e1 is a lovely peninsula in the north of the Dominican Republic. It is a virgin oasis&nbsp;of the Dominican Atlantic. It is one of the most welcoming parts of the&nbsp;Dominican Republic, where you can forget about time and watch life go by fromits idyllic beaches. You will fall in&nbsp;love forever when you come here: Playa Rinc\u00f3n, Las Terrenas, Salto del Lim\u00f3n&nbsp;Waterfall\u2026 and such charming towns as Los Pescadores, where you can find the&nbsp;most exciting night life in the area. The history of&nbsp;this friendly and humble peninsula goes back a long way, where colourful&nbsp;traditional houses, lush green forests and peaceful coconut trees provide the&nbsp;perfect backdrop on beaches that will delight anyone who comes here. What to do on holiday in Saman\u00e1? Saman\u00e1 is home to some spectacularly beautiful jewels of nature that&nbsp;will absolutely take your breath away, including the beaches of Cos\u00f3n, Las Galeras, Cayo Levantado, El Valle, Punta Bonita\u2026 But if you are looking for waves and a good vibe to enjoy windsurfing, we recommend you visit Playa Cabarete. Playa de Cabarete is a&nbsp;large bay where the morning winds help beginners get started in this&nbsp;sport.&nbsp; What starts as a gentle breeze in&nbsp;the morning gets stronger as the day goes by, meaning that the conditions&nbsp;become best at midday for more professional windsurfers. This beach has become&nbsp;an important benchmark for the practice of water sports. Thanks to the&nbsp;incredible natural conditions offered by the beach, it has successfully&nbsp;positioned itself among the&nbsp;top ten beaches&nbsp;in the world&nbsp;for&nbsp;kitesurfing&nbsp;and&nbsp;windsurfing. Playa de&nbsp;Cabarete&nbsp;is a living beach where you can interact with&nbsp;local people and discover both the customs and spectacular nature of the&nbsp;Dominican Republic. Why visit Playa de Cabarete? Because the waves here&nbsp;are perfect. If you decide to visit between December and March, the waves in&nbsp;Bah\u00eda de Cabarete seem tailor-made for windsurfing. Practice your 360\u00ba spins&nbsp;and jumps or simply get started in this sport. If you want to see windsurfers&nbsp;performing all sorts of stunts and tricks, we recommend coming in June. The&nbsp;international Cabarete Race Week windsurfing event includes an exciting&nbsp;windsurf competition.&nbsp; This and many&nbsp;more experiences can be enjoyed from the hotels in&nbsp;Saman\u00e1, such as the&nbsp;incredible view to be seen from the Puente&nbsp;de los Cayos.&nbsp;Bahia Principe Luxury Saman\u00e1&nbsp;is only three hours by car from&nbsp;Playa de Cabarete. Bahia Principe hotels offer exceptional locations, direct&nbsp;access to amazing beaches, views to die for, spacious rooms, exquisite&nbsp;gastronomy and much more. Enjoy an adult-only holiday surrounded by lush&nbsp;vegetation, exclusive services and all the comfort and relaxation you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1339,1345,504,1341,367,1250,1344,1342,1263,1265,1267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-inclusive","category-beach","category-caribbean","category-culture","category-curiosities","category-dominican-republic","category-holidays","category-nature","category-punta-cana-en","category-samana-en","category-sustainable-tourism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/windsurf_portada.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}