All our coaches are CPR, First-Aid and Open Water Certified
Learn surfing in beautiful San Diego!! We train year round and are hands down the most skilled and specialized in COACHING SURFING. We have successfully trained close to a thousand individuals of all ages and backgrounds in the past 8 years.
With over 30 years experience in surfing, we provide much more than a surf experience, we use surfing as a holistic way to have it translate to all areas of your life. Including in all of our trainings we challenge our students to practice a growth mindset, increase personal empowerment, build positive self-esteem and improve mental health.
We believe the true riches of surfing is the love we have for the surf lifestyle and the ocean that is shared among all of our surf family in the whole world such as: values, traditions, and culture that we use to shape all of our unique methods of coaching.
Most of our students come to us with none or very little previous surfing experience and continue their progression by going on our guided and coached surf trips to continue to challenge evolve their skills in some of the best waves on Earth.
San Diego Surf Coaching
Beginners - Intro to Surfing
LEVEL 1
Coaching held on the inside (whitewash)
Have you ever wanted to get into surfing but just have been too intimidated? Do you want to surf out the back with all the other surfers but your skills are not up to par yet?
This is the perfect coaching session for you. You can come multiple times and work on various skill sets to give you all the proper tools before reaching the lineup (outside area/green waves)
Where
Coaching can be scheduled anywhere in South County. North County sessions can be scheduled at extra rate.
Recommended Skill Level
- None to very little surf experience
- None to very little paddling skills
What you will learn
-Ocean awareness
-Board handling and board positioning
-Popup techniques
-Wave reading
-Paddling techniques
-Surfing etiquette
-and of course SURFING WAVES :)
Beg. Intermediate
Intro to Open Face (Green Waves)
LEVEL 2
Recommended Skill Level
- Basic wave etiquette knowledge
- Basic paddling skills
- Clean popup without using knee or one-two step
- Ability to ride 90% of inside/white wash/broken waves
If you still don’t have an efficient popup it’s recommended you take the Beginners-Intro to Surfing Session. Not having a clean popup will hinder your ability to drop in Open Face Waves
What you will learn
- Wave Reading
- Surf Etiquette
- Paddling Techniques
- Timing Waves
- Going left and right
- Beginning maneuvers such as bottom turn, cut backs, etc