Planning Surf Trip, coming for holidays and wants to learn how to surf or coming for a Surf Camp to sunny Tenerife and wondering what to wear for surfing? No worries, we’ve got you!
In this guide, we’ll walk you through the best surf wear for every season, ensuring you stay comfortable no matter the weather.
Surf wear for every season in Tenerife
Tenerife is more than just a sunny getaway destination in Europe. It’s the biggest island located in the Canary Islands, Spain. Known for its never ending summer weather but also as every surfer’s paradise! Here you can find waves for every level, from beginners who take their first surfing lessons to world class surfers competing in WSL competitions.
Join us as we break down the best gear to wear in every season, so you can focus on catching those epic waves and soaking up the sun. Most of the surf spots in the south of Tenerife have a rocky bottom which means reef boots would be very useful. For the sandy beach breaks, which can be mostly find in the north coast shoes are not necessary.
Summer / Spring
The summer season in Tenerife can very hot. Long days means you can surf from early mornings until late evenings. Must have for everyone no matter what time of the day you choose to go surfing for sure are hat and good surf stick. The best surfwear for the season:
- 2mm summer short wetsuits or jacket: for sunrise, sunset and cloudy days
- bikini / rash vest: hot sunny days
Winter / Fall
Although it the all-year-round summer island during winter and fall season night get longer and little bit colder. Remember the sun is still very strong which means even on the cloudy days you should use the sun protector for your face. On the early mornings and late afternoons sessions hat is not necessary anymore but during the sunny days could be useful. The best surf wear for the season:
- 3/2mm long wetsuit
- 4/3mm long wetsuit: on early morning or late afternoon for those who get cold really fast
Our Surf School
In Rocky Point Surf School each session lasts 2h. Depending on your level it can be mix of theory and practice, which mean you will aprox. spend 1.5h in the water – surfing. Every surfing lesson in our surf school includes all the necessary surfing equipment: surfboard, wetsuit and reef boots. You can find different brands in our surf school wetsuit’s collection. Mostly it will be O’neill long 3/2mm wetsuits from the Surf School range. We started using this brand as a first and fall in love with the quality and durability of the material.
If you have your own wetsuit you are always welcome to bring and use it while surfing with us. No better feeling than having own gear with you!
Although we use the same wetsuits all year around there is some clients that during hot summer days do not use wetsuits at all. In this case they are free to wear only the Surf School’s rash vests for the time of their lesson.
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