Which beaches do you coach at?

Most sessions run in Newquay at Fistral (North and South), Towan, Great Western, Tolcarne. When the swell, wind or tide is better elsewhere, sessions move along the coast to Crantock, Perranporth, Praa Sands, St Ives, Sennen. The beach is chosen for the conditions on the day and confirmed before your session.

Is this the same as a surf lesson?

No. A beginner lesson teaches you to stand up in white water in a large group. This is coaching for surfers who already ride waves: a qualified coach in the water with you or a small group, working on your technique and wave choice.

Do I need my own board and wetsuit?

Bring your own if you have them, because it helps to be coached on the board you normally ride. If you need to hire, say so when you book and we will tell you what is available for your session.

What happens if the surf is flat or too big?

Your coach moves the session to a beach that works, or changes the time to suit the tide. If no beach is suitable that day, the session is rescheduled under the cancellation policy.

Can you coach me if I am only in Cornwall for a few days?

Yes. A private session or two fits a short trip, and the three-day Breakthrough block is built for exactly that.

Newquay · Cornwall

Intermediate surf coaching in Newquay and across Cornwall.

For surfers who can already ride a wave and have stopped getting better. A qualified coach in the water with you, on the beach that suits the day, working on the one thing that is holding you back.

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You can surf. You have stopped improving.

Most intermediate surfers reach the same point. Catching waves is no longer the problem, but every ride looks like the last one and more hours in the water are not changing it.

That is rarely a lack of effort. It is a lack of feedback: nobody has watched you surf and told you the specific thing to change. Coaching supplies that, one change at a time.

This is for you if

You catch unbroken waves and ride along the face, but mostly in a straight line
Your turns start well and then lose speed, or will not link into the next one
You surf as often as you can and are no better than you were two summers ago
You are not sure which waves to paddle for, or where to sit to get them

Still learning to stand up? Start with a private session and tell us when you book.

Where we coach in Cornwall

RSJ is based in Newquay. The beach is not fixed in advance: your coach reads the swell, wind and tide and chooses the one that gives the right wave for your level that day.

In Newquay

Fistral (North and South)
Towan
Great Western
Tolcarne

The town beaches have showers and somewhere to leave your things.

Along the coast

Crantock
Perranporth
Praa Sands
St Ives
Sennen

Used when the conditions are better there. You are told where to meet before the session.

Five ways to be coached

Private coaching

From £95 · 1:1 or 2:1

Your coach is in the water with you. Wave choice, positioning and one technical change at a time, with feedback between sets and written notes afterwards.

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Small-group session

From £25pp, by age · Max 6 surfers · 1.5 hours

A coached 90 minutes in the water for intermediate surfers and above. The cheapest way to be coached regularly, and a good way to keep a change going between private sessions.

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Breakthrough: a 3-day block

from £395 · max 6 per coach

Three consecutive coached days built for the intermediate plateau: the bottom turn, rail-to-rail transitions, a first real cutback and better wave reading, with video every day.

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The Blueprint: a coached weekend

Two days in Cornwall · small group

Your surfing filmed, taken apart and rebuilt over a weekend, finishing with a written plan for what to work on next. Dates and price are on the page.

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Remote Analysis

From anywhere · no session needed

Not in Cornwall yet? Send footage of your surfing and get a frame-by-frame breakdown, drills and one clear next step. Many surfers start here before booking time in the water.

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How a coached session works

1
Tell us where you are
When you book you say what you can do and what is not working. That decides the format and what the first session is for.
2
We choose the beach
Your coach checks the forecast and tides and picks the beach that gives the right wave for your level that day. You are told where to meet before the session.
3
One change at a time
In the water you work on a single change, not ten. You get feedback between waves, and video where the format includes it.
4
You leave with a plan
After the session your coach writes up what changed and what to practise on your own, so the next surf builds on it.

Your coach is Reubin, RSJ's head coach: an ISA Level 2 and ASI Level 3 surf coach and a Surfing England Trainer Assessor. More on the About page.

Questions

For this coaching, yes if you can paddle out on your own, catch unbroken waves and ride along the face. You do not need to be turning well yet; that is what most people come to fix. If you are still learning to stand up consistently, start with a private session and say so when you book.

Ready to move on from the plateau?

See live availability and book a session in Newquay.

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