Martin Jenner, LUEX’s Maldives Expert Non-Surfing Parent’s Needs: For safety reasons, we always recommend Beach Villas for our families with very young children, but as soon as all your kids are at an age where they know how to swim, overwater accommodation can be lots of fun, too. No roads, no traffic, no noise, no worries… The Maldivian resort islands have to be some of the calmest and quietest in the world meaning very little is at risk for your young ones. The cherry on the top is warm, tropical water: not only is surfing just in board shorts simply more fun, but changing in/out of wetsuits again cuts into your actual surfing time. Ideally you want to actually be able to see the waves from your accommodation, so you don’t waste additional time checking conditions. The closer your accommodation is to the break, the less time you’ll spend travelling, meaning more water time per session. In a perfect world you’ll have several nearby spots with different exposures to choose from, preferably including some wind-protected and tide-independent spots. You need a destination with consistent, quality swell so you can plan your sessions ahead, rather than having to spontaneously drop everything when the waves start firing. The key is to make surfing as time-efficient as possible. There’s a little more to it than that though, as the rest of the family won’t be too happy if you spend every last minute of the day chasing waves. On the face of it, your needs are fairly simple: good surf. We can split these into three basic categories: Your/Surfer’s needs, Non-surfer’s needs, and kids needs. There are certain essential ingredients for a successful family trip, and you have to find a destination that combines as many of them as possible. Phil Spaninks, LUEX’s Indonesia & Maldives Expert De-bunked: The Factors to Consider for the Perfect Family Surf Holiday While the resorts in Indonesia don’t really have that, they make up for it with incredible hospitality, warmth and care given by all local staff. Most of our Maldivian resorts are really picture-perfect for a family holiday due to their amazing kids-clubs. Time waits for no man though, and when you hear that patter of little feet for the first time you know life will never be the same again – but that’s no excuse to give up your hard-earned surf trips! The simple truth is that many surf destinations are equally great for family holidays: if you can find a place where everyone can have fun and enjoy themselves – whether that’s building sand castles, sipping cocktails in a hammock while reading the latest Jilly Cooper novel, enjoying a massage in a spa, or even learning to ride the shore break – you’ll be paving the way to more water time in the future for all of you. Living off pot noodles, cheap beer and energy drinks, life was so good that it didn’t matter if you went a week without a shower – at least until the pot noodles and caffeine caught up with your bowels. Despite the oft-used proverb, a family really doesn’t have to be a ball and chain keeping you from the waves! There’s an art to combining a surf trip with a family holiday, and done correctly it can be even better than a road trip with the boys.īack in the day, a surf trip probably meant chucking your board in the back of your mates van and hitting the road in search of waves.
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