Three days. Real coaching. Real progression.
8–13 yrs
Age Group
Mon–Wed · 3 days
Duration
Max 8 · 1:8 ratio
Group Size
£115 full camp
Price
Three days of coached surfing for the 8–13 age group — across beaches in and around the Cornwall area, chosen for the best conditions on the day.
Every day includes at least one coached surf session, and most days the group surfs twice — we build the second session around the tides and conditions so the children are in the water when the surf suits them best. Between sessions Reubin works on the fundamentals, and each day's plan is built on what he saw the day before.
By Wednesday every child has had three days of structured coaching and leaves with a written progress summary.
This is not a surf club. It's a structured, progressive coaching camp — the kind that produces surfers, not just kids who've had fun on a board.
Monday
Into the Ocean
Meet the group on the Cornish coast. Ocean safety, how to read a beach, then the first coached surf. Each child's starting point is recorded so we can show their progress by Wednesday. We start talking competition too — what a contest actually is and how one is run. At least one surf, and a second session when conditions allow.
Tuesday
Technique + Reading the Sea
Paddling, board control and the pop-up built properly from the ground up, paired with learning how tides, wind and sandbanks change the surf. On the competition side we get into scoring — how a surfer's waves are judged and what the judges are actually looking for. At least one surf, usually two.
Wednesday
Confidence + Contest Day
The day it clicks. Children commit to bigger waves, link their first turns and learn to back themselves in the line-up. We put the competition learning into practice — numbers and conditions permitting, we'll run a fun contest so they can experience a heat for themselves. Final coached session, individual debrief, and a written progress summary for each child and their parents. At least one surf, usually two.
Ready to join?
Runs 17–19 August 2026 · limited to 8 per camp. Book the full 3-day camp and pay in full online — we'll then send the consent and medical form. Youth members 15% off · siblings 5% off.
For parents
Holiday camp dates, what your child will be working on, and how they are progressing through the RSJ pathway. Written for parents, not surfers.