The newest of the three sports we teach, and the one with the gentlest learning curve for anyone who already rides a board. What it is and who it suits.
Wingfoiling is the most recent watersport to arrive on the bay, and it has grown fast for a simple reason: it works in conditions that are too light for a kite and too flat for a surfboard.
How it works
You hold an inflatable wing in your hands — it is not attached to lines or a harness — while standing on a board fitted with a hydrofoil. As you build speed the foil generates lift and the board rises clear of the water. From the beach it looks like the rider is floating; from the board it feels almost silent.
Easier or harder than kitesurfing?
Different rather than easier. The wing itself is far simpler and safer to handle than a kite: there are no lines to tangle, no relaunch, and you can simply let go if something goes wrong. What takes time is balancing on the foil, which is a genuinely new sensation.
Who picks it up fastest
- Anyone with surf, kite, wake or snowboard experience
- Riders who already understand the wind window from kitesurfing
- People who want a sport that works in lighter wind
How we teach it
We start you on a large, stable board and get you comfortable with the wing on land first. Only once you can hold a course and change direction do we add the foil. Private lessons are one student, one instructor and one wing; semi lessons are two students, one instructor and two wings. Everything is included in both.
If you are visiting outside the windiest months, wingfoil is often the sport that gets you on the water when a kite would stay in the bag.
Wingfoil lessons run alongside kitesurf and surf at NaneaKite in Essaouira, and you can add them to any of our water sports camps.
Ready to get on the water?
Tell us your dates and we will put together the right lessons or camp for your level.
