Eco Surf Volunteers

  Ecuador

• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Canoa

  United States

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: year-round

Description: Eco Surf Volunteers combines a full-service exotic international Surf Camp with Community Service Projects for beginning to experienced surfers to create one of the worlds most unique adventure surf-volunteer experiences.

Volunteer - Canoa, Ecuador
ESV volunteers work side-by-side with community leaders to improve the conditions of the village elementary school. Volunteer projects include:

* Building new classrooms using locally grown bamboo
* Teaching English through games and sports
* Early childhood development programs
* Repainting & decorating existing classrooms

Space is limited in Eco Surf Volunteers exclusive international surf-volunteer programs.

Accepted applicants receive the entire ESV surf-volunteer package:

    * Beachside accommodation (restaurant, pool, games room, billiard table, hammocks, etc.)
    * Three meals per day (vegetarian options available)
    * Four hour daily guided surf tour
    * Two hour daily surf instruction (4:1 student/instructor ratio)
    * Four hour daily use of a variety of surfboards (longboards, shortboards, fun boards, etc.)
    * Four hour daily volunteer work (English Language Educational Program)
    * All volunteer project materials included
    * Nightly cultural activites (bonfires, salsa dancing, spanish immersion, beach parties, etc.)
    * Unlimited bottled water
    * Rash guard, t-shirt, & sunblock (and various other treats from our sponsors)
    * International pool of students from the U.S. and abroad
    * Chaperoned international travel available from the United States
    * Certified First Aid & CPR supervision

ESV international surf adventures are ideal for students interested in surfing and volunteering overseas during winter, spring, or summer break. Eco Surf Volunteers offers the best teaching, conservation, and community volunteer project opportunities in the ultimate Spanish immersion environment.

With Eco Surf Volunteers, your entire adventure-travel holiday is overseen by our team of experienced instructors and professional staff. Our experienced surfriders work to create for you the most exotic surfing experience at hidden world-class surf destinations.

Its time to discover something new! Travel abroad to South America and experience the thrill of paddling out in warm tropical waters at an empty new break with Eco Surf Volunteers!

Highlights: Spend a week vacation volunteering and learning to surf in a warm tropical paradise with a beachside cottage, cool white sand, palm trees, and 80°F water! Let Eco Surf Volunteers help you explore Ecuador's empty beaches and coastal surf villages while you volunteer to help local children and improve the local elementary school.

Your adventure begins when you meet Eco Surf Volunteers staff who accompany you on and your friends on an international flight to South America's Ecuador. Arriving in Manta, take Eco Surf Volunteers transportation north to the coastal fishing village of Canoa and check-in to your beachside accommodations complete with ocean view, hammocks, billiard table, games room, restaurant, and swimming pool.

Each morning after breakfast you'll head out to the volunteer project at the village school. Eco Surf Volunteers has teamed up with community leaders to work hard to improve and expand the local elementary school. With your help, we will be building new classrooms using locally grown bamboo, repainting and repairing existing classrooms, and teaching English through games, activities and sports in an early childhood development program.

After your morning volunteer work and a hearty lunch, kick back and relax in a hammock before gearing up for your afternoon surf. You'll head out with Canoa's best as they show you their favorite local surf spots. You also have the option to take advantage of free daily surf lessons from Ecuador's own Junior Surf Champion and his team of surfriders. Each lesson is two hours long, and the student/instructor ratio is no more than 4:1.

After 4 hours in the water and a tasty Ecuadorian dinner, join one of the various evening activities designed to help you become even more immersed in the community as well as promote further cultural awareness. And don't be too shy to ask one of the friendly locals for a Salsa Dancing lesson - always a hit!!

A typical day on this ESV tour will look something like this!

7:00-8:00    - Breakfast

8:00-12:00   - Volunteer Project

12:00-2:00   - Lunch

2:00-6:00    - Afternoon Surf

7:00-8:00    - Dinner

8:00-on       - Social Activities (Bonfires, Beach Parties, Salsa Dancing, etc)

Qualifications: By combining superior knowledge of the worlds most exotic destinations with professional experiences as educators, travelers, surfers, and in hospitality, Eco Surf Volunteers creates travel adventures more exciting than any a volunteer or surfer has dreamed of.

Understanding that ESV participants desire more from their surf/volunteer adventure, Eco Surf Volunteers is committed to facilitating the best opportunities for beach-goers to make a positive impact on our global community.

Every ESV participant is immersed in local eco-volunteer & community service programs designed to raise awareness of conservation, enhance understanding of local culture, and create Spanish immersion opportunities.

Eco Surf Volunteers is committed to encouraging the continuation of local traditions while stimulating the local economy. By choosing exotic destinations unknown to the majority of international travelers and organizing local volunteer projects for eager community student-leaders, ESV and it's participants are certain to create a positive impact on the local economy.

Eco Surf Volunteers also selects destinations capable of handling a moderate group of surfers without upsetting the harmony in the water. ESV professionals have felt the grief when a surf camp unloads itself on a break creating unmanageable numbers in the line-up. Each ESV tour location is chosen with extreme care to insure that local surfers will not feel any unwanted pressure from our surfers.

Cost in US$: $1,395

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: ESV international surf adventures are ideal for youth, high school, and college students/recent grads interested in surfing and volunteering overseas during winter, spring, or summer break. Eco Surf Volunteers offers the best teaching, conservation, and community volunteer project opportunities in the ultimate Spanish immersion environment.

Age Range: High School 15-18; College/Uni 18+

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 2-15

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Eco Surf Volunteers's Mission Statement: By combining superior knowledge of the worlds most exotic destinations with professional experiences as educators, travelers, surfers, and in hospitality, Eco Surf Volunteers creates travel adventures more exciting than any a young surfer has dreamed of. Eco Surf Volunteers maintains the highest standards for itself, and expects nothing less from its applicants. For this reason, Eco Surf Volunteers is an exclusive surf/volunteer program limited to the 32 best-qualified applicants.

Year Founded: 2008