First, you can read the Water Sports Camps Enrolment Process. We hope it will help you.

You can register your kid on the sailing or windsurfing camp on-line, you can download the Registration form and send us by email (alicante@zadorspain.com) or fax (00 34 965 142 371) or we can send the enrolment by email. You have to fill in all the information.

In addition, you have to send us a Parental Permission Form signed, and that is all.

Absolutely! Your child's safety is our first priority. The Sea School for the Water Sports Summer Camps is near Alicante in a very quiet and safe area.

If youth students live in a host family, except the first day when they are accompanied to the Sea school, they have to go alone from the family to the Nautical Club.

Junior Programmes have a moderate level of supervision and the students will be expected to act mature and responsibly as, although they are accompanied at least the first day, they will NOT be constantly supervised (walking to the Spanish language School, going to the Sea School, shopping…). The distance from Alicante city centre to the Sea School is covered by public transport and lasts approximately 10 minutes.

Teens have to participate in all the scheduled on-campus and off-campus activities and in all the activities are adults with them.

Only students with 16 or 17 years old can go out of the host family alone if you send us a Signed Consent.

Sailing Camp and Windsurfing Camp are designed for teenagers and parents are not encouraged to participate. For parents who want to visit Spain while their children are in the summer camp, we can suggest different hotels and activities or we can arrange necessary lodging and activities for them to enjoy their stay for a fee. They also can attend a Spanish course for adults. Please feel free to enquire for further information.

Alicante in Costa Blanca area enjoys over 2,800 hours of sunshine throughout the year, with an average annual temperature of about 19.3ºC, giving its microclimate ideal characteristics for living in Alicante and Costa Blanca region all year round.

The numerous clear, sunny days make the province of Alicante an excellent place for leisure and sailing or windsurfing holidays, because it is possible to enjoy the fresh air every day of the year.

The Alicante Weather is well known for a very mild climate amongst the cities at the Costa Blanca. Covered in the north by small hills and further north by rather high mountains (about 1600 m high), the area keeps the Alicante weather in a kind of microclimate. This limits the rain days per year to just about 20 per year. The average temperature even in winter time does not fall below 16° C.

Average Temperatures for Alicante			Average Temperature (sea water)
January	11ºC	51ºF	13º
February	12ºC	53ºF	12,6º
March	14ºC	57ºF	13,8º
April	16ºC	60ºF	14,5º
May	20ºC	68ºF	16,9º
June	23ºC	73ºF	20,8º
July	26ºC	78ºF	23,6º
August	27ºC	80ºF	24,6º
September	24ºC	75ºF	25,5º
October	21ºC	70ºF	18,6º
November	15ºC	59ºF	14,8º
December	12ºC	53ºF	14,4º

Regarding the meals, participants at the Windsurfing or Sailing Camp will have full board:

— Breakfast: Breakfast in Spain usually consists of juice or yogurt, hot chocolate, tea or coffee with milk, bread or biscuits, butter and jam or cereals.

— Lunch: During the week, from Monday to Friday students receive usually a packed lunch with two sandwiches (“bocadillos”), fruit and drink, thus students can enjoy the beach or the swimming pool in the Sea school or they can return home for having lunch with the family. On Saturday or Sunday (depending on the excursion planned for the weekend) lunch time in Spain is between 2.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. and it is the biggest meal during the day and it is usually the meeting the whole family.

— Dinner is around 21:00 or 21:30 during the week and there is not a fixed time during the weekends.

— Special requirements: students with special dietary requirements should make a note in the enrolment. All junior students will receive a “Meal list” to choose their favorite dishes as a suggestion for the host family.

Meals are healthy and abundant and thus we do not think it would be necessary to buy more food, but if one student thinks that it is "impossible to survive without "?"", we recommend him to bring it.

A piece of advice: Begin packing several weeks in advance to avoid last-minute shopping or at least check this list.

Workout gear for 2 week Sailing or Windsurfing Summer Camp
—shorts and T-shirts
— swim suits
— 2 beach towels
— 1 pair of flip-flops
— For sailing, it is not necessary to have special shoes, but it is recommendable to bring white sole shoes to avoid slipping on the boat (even better closed)
— 1 cap or hat
—Sun protection appropriate for each skin type with high protection factor sun glasses
— extra clothes
— 1 small backpack

Daily Clothes: casual clothing
Shorts, pants, T-Shirts
1 Sweaters and thin raincoat
Plenty of socks and underwear
Pijamas/nightdress
bathing cap (compulsory for the swimming pool), hat for the sun
Shoes or sandals and flip-flops for the shower and the swimming pool
Sunglasses
Small toiletries kit or basket so your child can carry and keep track of essentials such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, deodorant, comb and brush. Bath Robe .
Fun
Towels for the shower
. * Electricity supply in Spain is AC 220 Volts, 50 Hertz. Sockets meet European regulations and use the round pin system. Bring adaptors and make sure that the electrical appliances you are going to use (computer, mobile phone charger, shavers, fun…) work at this voltage.
* Put your child's name or initials on everything —clothes, hat, swim suit, towels— with either a laundry marker or iron- or sew-on labels.
* Laundry bag for wet or dirty clothing with your child's name

Documents, medicines
— Passport (Original and three copies)
— 2 photos
— Medication if needed. Send medication in its original container, along with explicit dosage instructions to the camp nurse or healthcare facility. A signed medical-release form should accompany all prescription medication (in English or Spanish).
— Parental Permission form.
— Please be sure to bring a health statement form to camp with you which has been signed by a physician and dated within 12 months of the first day of camp indicating your son or daughter is in good physical condition to have sailing or windsurfing training lessons.
* If camper has glasses or contact lents, bring 2 glasses and contact lens cleaner.

For the Spanish lessons
Pocket dictionnary.
Some material for the lessons (notebook, pens…)

Other items
BackPack or something similar for off-campus activities and excursions.
Camera and batteries
Cell phone (and charger) /calling card

Could be a good idea to download and print the items to bring tho the Sailing or Windsurfing Camp and check them because probably we forgot something that your kid consider important for the immersion program in Spain..

Please, do not bring unnecessary and/or valuable articles, such as expensive watches, radios, rings or other jewels, etc. We cannot be liable for damage or loss.

Yes to both questions.

—The camper's medical insurance will cover any injuries or illnesses that occur while at Summer camp. In addition, all the participants have an insurance for travel, accidents and general medical insurance to cover them not only when having Sailing or Windsurfing lessons but on their immersion programin Spain. If needed, participants will be treated at Private Hospital in Alicante.

For more information, you can read the general Insurance cover information or send us an email to ask for the Insurance Cover.

Usually there is no problem. Just fill in the enrolment form the number of extra nights before and after the starting date of the Water Sports Camp.

Yes, however, as in the question above, depending on your arrival place and time, there is an extra cost:

—If your child arrive to Alicante airport it does not matter the day from 8:00 to 22:00, the transfer from the airport, train or bus station, transportation is included in the Sailing or Windsurfing Camp price.
—If your child arrive to Alicante between 22:00 and 8:00, there is an extra cost.
—If your child arrive to other airport than Alicante —Murcia, Valencia—, there is an extra cost.

Yes, you can pay the Summer Camp by credit card —VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Eurocard—. You have to fill the Authorization form in, and send it with a copy of your passport and a copy of the card by fax or email. You have to send a separate authorization for each payment you make. To pay by credit card, you must add a 3.5% of the deposit or of the total invoice amount.