Windy?
Cabarete is the wind-surfing and kite-boarding capital of the Caribbean, so it is indeed windy. But not all the time. From the looks of the number of people enjoying Cabarete beach, they are not getting sandblasted. But it is not a perfect Caribbean beach with silky soft sand and turquoise water--beaches do differ and for a more picture post card beach, you might try Sosua beach.
The ambience will be a little different though and there is a lot to be said for walking out of your room at Azurro onto the beach and having your own suite to go back to for the bathroom, for example. Sosua's public beach bathrooms, or washrooms for our Canadian friends, are the stuff that travel stories are made of.
Hire a taxi for the day and head for Playa Grande--on the way ask them to take you to the fruit plantation. It is a delightful, non-touristy look at all the fruits that are grown on the island. It is a way to see nature at its best and taste delicious fruit and chocolate.
Today's Valentine's Day, so if you have never seen a cacoa plant from which chocolate comes, you owe it to yourselves to do it.
You will marvel at the homemade bee hives that house all the little workers who help pollinate the fruit and then you will enjoy the honey dripped onto the fruit at the end of your tour.
It is a mini-treasure of the North Coast that somehow doesn't get enough publicity on this site.
Then go to the beach at Playa Grande--I haven't been there in a few years, though, and I vaguely remember that there has been some erosion, but it is a beautiful beach. Or at least was. Ask around first.
Enjoy Cabarete--a little wind is a small price to pay.
And don't forget to buy a pineapple on the beach from the Haitian lady. She will slice it up for you and serve it in a plastic bag--the single best snack you can buy.