Watersports Schools by the Language They Teach In
Every school here states in its own words which languages it teaches in. We did not verify that anybody speaks them, and we say so on every card. 17 schools, 6 places, 11 languages, and no school paid to be listed.
Compiled 2026-08-13 · languages other than English named at least once: Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish.
Dahab, Egypt
4Shore diving and the deepest freediving scene in the Red Sea, which is why the language mix here runs to Japanese and Russian rather than the usual three. Read the guide
Bedouin Divers Dahab
Scuba diving
Teaches in
- Arabic
- English
- Japanese
The team page names people individually: "Ahmed speaks Arabic, English and basic German", of a Technical Operations Manager and Master Scuba Diver Trainer, and "Molo speaks Arabic, English and native Japanese fluently", of an Open Water Scuba Instructor.
German is left off the chips because the page itself calls it basic.
Dahab Freedivers
Freediving · Inside Red Sea Relax Resort
Teaches in
- English
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Of one named team member: "He has 10 National Brazilian Records in all depth disciplines and he is AIDA Instructor Trainer and teaches in English, German, Spanish and Portuguese."
This is one instructor's page, not a statement about the school. If he is not working the week you book, none of it holds.
Liquid Adventures Dahab
Scuba diving
Teaches in
- Dutch
- French
- German
"Many of our instructors teach in other languages, including Dutch, French and German, so you'll feel at ease no matter where you're from."
Many and including are both open-ended, and English is implied by other rather than stated, so it is not chipped here.
Sea Dancer Dive Center
Scuba diving
Teaches in
- English
- Arabic
- German
- French
- Spanish
"We offer diving courses in multiple languages, typically, English, Arabic, German, French and Spanish. Other languages are available on request."
Their word is typically, so treat this as the usual roster and not a guarantee for your week.
Tarifa, Spain
7Levante and poniente make this the busiest kite coast in Europe, and its schools are staffed largely by people who moved here from somewhere else. Read the guide
Adrenalin Kite Area
Kitesurfing
Teaches in
- German
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Dutch
The team section prints a languages line under each person, for example "Licences: VDWS, FAV Languages: German, English, Spanish, French" and "Languages: Deutsch, Dutch, English, Spanish" under a named IKO-licensed instructor.
The chips are the union of four named people. Also teaches wing foiling.
Bull Tarifa School
Kitesurfing
Teaches in
- English
- German
- Spanish
"We speak ENGLISH, GERMAN, SPANISH and more!"
And more is not a language. Only the three named ones are chipped.
Freeride Tarifa
Kitesurfing · In Hostal Africa
Teaches in
- French
- English
- Spanish
"Freeride Tarifa is a kitesurfing school located in Tarifa, Spain. Speaking French, English & Spanish."
Kite and Roll Tarifa
Kitesurfing
Teaches in
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
"los instructores con mas experiencia que te explicaran como volar sobre las olas en diferentes idiomas: ingles, frances, italiano y, por supuesto, en espanol"
The English path of this site 404s; the claim is on the Spanish homepage.
Kite Fun Tarifa
Kitesurfing
Teaches in
- Spanish
- English
- Dutch
- French
- German
"Our team holds IKO, VDWS and RFEV certifications and speaks several languages to facilitate communication with students from all over the world. Our team speaks Spanish, English, Dutch, French and German."
Matos Tarifa
Kitesurfing
Teaches in
- French
- Spanish
- English
"you'll find tailored instruction suited to your level, with an engaged, always-smiling, tri-lingual instructor (French/Spanish/English)"
Written in the singular, about an instructor rather than the school.
Surf Center Tarifa
Kitesurfing · On the beach at Hotel Arte Vida
Teaches in
- French
- English
- Spanish
Under a heading of its own: "LANGUAGES All instructors speak native French, English, and Spanish".
The same page lists kitesurf, wingfoil, windsurf, surf, SUP and assisted foil, so the discipline shown here is only the one it leads with.
Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy
2A thermal wind on a schedule, and a teaching tradition old enough that the schools list their languages as a matter of course. Read the guide
Duotone Pro Center Torbole
Windsurfing
Teaches in
- Italian
- English
- German
- Spanish
- French
"Professional multi-lingual instructors able to teach in Italian, English, German, Spanish and French".
Surf Center Lido Blu
Windsurfing
Teaches in
- German
- English
- Italian
- Spanish
- Czech
"We teach in German, English, Italian, Spanish and Czech language."
The only Czech-language teaching claim anywhere in this list.
Canggu, Bali, Indonesia
2Beginner beach breaks with the highest instructor-to-visitor ratio in Asia, and the thinnest published language detail of any place here. Read the guide
Canggu Surf School
Surfing · Berawa, inside LV8 Resort
Teaches in
- English
- Japanese
"All of our instructors are certified by the Academy of Surfing Instructors [...] Furthermore, all of them are fluent in both English and Japanese."
WaveHouse Bali
Surfing
Teaches in
- English
"ISA and Lifeguard Certified Instructors. Multilingual coaches fluent in English."
Multilingual, then one language named. The site also offers itself in Russian, which is a fact about the website and is not counted here.
Split, Croatia
1Charter sailing rather than board sport, included because the sailing schools are unusually precise about the difference between the course language and support.
Ultra Sailing School
Sailing
Teaches in
- English
- Croatian
- French
- German
"Our sailing courses are held in English, however students can get support in other languages upon request (Croatian, French, German...)"
The course language is English. The other three are support on request, which is a different offer, and the ellipsis means the list is not closed.
Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Spain
1Year-round trade wind and the shallow lagoon at Flag Beach, where most of the wing teaching in the Canaries happens. Read the guide
Wing-Wing Fuerteventura
Wing foiling
Teaches in
- English
- French
- Spanish
Listed with the equipment included in a lesson: "Multilingual teacher Speaking: English, French, Spanish".
Singular teacher, so this is one person's languages rather than a rota.
Nothing matches that combination. That is usually the answer rather than a bug: outside the big three, a language is named by one school in a whole town. Widen the place, or clear the language and read what the schools do name.
How to read this: what the labels mean, and what we have not done
The school says so means we opened the page in the Source link on that date and it carried the wording quoted on the card. That is evidence of a claim, not of a fact.
Checked in a register is reserved for a register or authority. Not verified is printed rather than hidden. Every card on this page today is a claim: no register in any country we work in records instructor languages, so there is nothing to check them against, and we have not sat in a lesson to confirm one. Expect that column to stay empty.
A website language switcher is never evidence. A site being available in Russian is a fact about the site. It is the most common way a directory implies a language it was never told about, and rows that offered only that were left out.
We also left out schools whose only multilingual claim was unenumerated, such as “7 languages spoken” with none named, and schools where the claim turned out to sit inside a customer review rather than the school's own text.
Corrections
If your school is listed with the wrong languages, or you would like the wording updated, tell us and we will re-open the page, change it and re-date it. We do not charge for a listing, for its position, or for its removal.