Advice: stay away from Encuentro Beach near Cabarete with your SUP.
The surf schools don't want you there.

Awesome! Let's all go!www.cabaretesurfcamp.com/site/index.php?p=1_1

Well, I'm confused.....

Yeah plenty of trendy SUP yoga types, but the town is cool as hell, I'd be amazed if this ban on SUP's was for real.

Last I heard all surfers, SUP's bodyboarders, kiters, windsurfers etc were welcome. And the real OG's of Cabarete can do every discipline better than you, as proven in the annual Master of the Ocean competition where the winner needs to get the top score out from Winsdurf, kiteboarding and surfing events.



Man I love that place, rum so cheap, girls so pretty

I can confirm, sup's have been banned. I have supped there for 3 years without the slightest problem. There were rarely more than five sups in the lineup at one time, and most had supped before. I see it like the locals got scared of what could happen in the future if any more show up. I can sort of understand after seeing how some sup'ers show up and surf without the slightest concern about those around them. But I can't understand how they can make rules that have no legal backing. The locals feel they own the beach and can do what they feel, and the rules are enforced by a local mafia. Pretty sad and scary...and really bad for all businesses as its the reputation of the entire beach that is hit.

Hey guys. I live in Cabarete and write for a few of the hotels here. I found this thread through my Google alerts. I am a paddle surfer and I feel the need to clear this up. You are absolutely allowed to paddle surf at Encuentro (THEY HAVE NOT BEEN BANNED), we just have a designated area now. It begins at Coco Pipe and goes to the left (if you are in the water).

I love Australia. We are all so lucky...

John4F said..
Advice: stay away from Encuentro Beach near Cabarete with your SUP.
The surf schools don't want you there.

Ha ha ha.... I find it more than mildly amusing.

The surf school makes it's living off 1 thing:
Turning non-surfers into surfers
Every graduate moves forward to clog another line-up

They make their money adding bodies into the line-up.... and think they have the right to complain about anybody else?

Ha ha... fools & hypocrites

This actually looks like a pretty cool place so sad the locals are going to kill it for them. I'll just cross it off like list like Mauritius I'm not paying to go on a holiday if there is a big chance of getting hassled by agro locals. I can stay home and experience that for free.

There are so many places worldwide where you are so genuinely welcome , why bother with somewhere like this. It's reminds me of my early days of snowboarding where you could only use certainly lifts and areas , I just didn't board at those resorts neither did anyone else, they soon got the message and look at it now.

Piros said..
This actually looks like a pretty cool place so sad the locals are going to kill it for them. I'll just cross it off like list like Mauritius I'm not paying to go on a holiday if there is a big chance of getting hassled by agro locals. I can stay home and experience that for free.

There are so many places worldwide where you are so genuinely welcome , why bother with somewhere like this. It's reminds me of my early days of snowboarding where you could only use certainly lifts and areas , I just didn't board at those resorts neither did anyone else, they soon got the message and look at it now.

yes it was a sad day when they gave up and let snowboards on all the mountains.


but there's hope . the kiddies are realizing they can do much more in the bowls and slope style on skis.


until then all we can do is keep praying god will punish knuckle draggers