Surf and Yoga Week at El Sunzal, El Salvador

The camp sits right on the point at El Sunzal, which means you can watch the wave from your bedroom and walk to it in under a minute. El Sunzal is one of the most consistent right-hand point breaks in Central America, and the camp's own description puts the ride at up to 500 metres on a good swell. Because it's a point break, the wave is long and forgiving enough for beginners on the inside sections while still giving experienced surfers a proper wall to work with.

Surfing is taught through private lessons only — five of them across the week. That's the main difference between this camp and most surf schools, which put you in a group of six or eight and rotate the instructor. Here you get one-on-one coaching, which means faster feedback on your pop-up, your positioning and your turns, and a lesson pace set by you rather than by the weakest or strongest person in a group. The instructors are ISA certified.

Yoga runs three times during the week and is pitched at surfers — the kind of session that opens up shoulders and hips after a few hours of paddling. Classes are held in an open space with a view of the ocean. Two of them fall on Tuesday and Thursday at 17:00, and there's a Sunday yoga-and-brunch session.

The accommodation is simple and functional rather than luxurious. All rooms take two or three people and each has its own bathroom and air conditioning, which matters because the days get hot. Every room faces the wave. There's also a training deck at the top of the camp where you can do your surf-specific work looking out at the water.

If you want more than the standard package, you can add a five-session video and photo pack (160 €), which includes water shots from the camp's photographers plus all the footage of your week on a USB stick, or extra private coaching sessions at 90 € each, which use video analysis as the main teaching tool — one coach in the water with you, one on the shore filming. Extra yoga lessons are 30 €.

What's included

- 5 private surf lessons with ISA-certified instructors - 3 yoga lessons for surfers - Airport shuttle (Mondays only) - Accommodation, Monday to Monday - Breakfast and lunch every day - 3 dinners (Monday, Tuesday, Sunday)

What's not included

- International flights - Travel insurance - Dinners on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday - Video and photo pack (160 €) - Extra private coaching sessions (90 € each) - Extra yoga lessons (30 € each) - Personal expenses