Newquay: 3-Hour Surf Lesson for Beginners

Newquay Activity Centre

Available to 6 November 2025

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Beginners Surf Experience at Newquay Activity Centre 

Always wanted to learn to surf?

Have you always dreamed of learning to surf? Is riding inside a tube on your bucket list? Or maybe you’re interested in what all the fuss is about with this surfing malarkey

Well look no further, visit the Newquay Surf School and prepare to get truly addicted! At the Newquay Activity Centre Surf School the team offer exhilarating Beginner Surf Lessons aimed at first time surfers of all ages and abilities!

What to expect on your beginners surf session:

  • Allocation of equipment, wetsuit, and surfboard at the surf school
  • Changing rooms, lock box for valuables, showers, insurance
  • 3 hours from arrival to departure to enjoy your surfing lesson
  • Assessment of ocean conditions
  • Beach safety talk
  • Familiarisation with surfing terminology
  • A lively warm-up on one of Newquay’s stunning beaches
  • Introduction to board handling
  • Introduction to prone riding
  • Jumping up, accelerating, and stopping safely

How does it work?

The Beginner Surf Lesson introduces you to this super-cool and fun sport, teaching you the basics from beach safety to stand up surfing.

You’ll get suited up in toasty-warm Rip Curl wetsuits and ID vests in the heated changing rooms. They also have safety lockers to store your clothes and valuables before heading down to either Fistral Beach or Great Western Beach.

Newquay Activity Centre use premium quality Swell foam surfboards for our Beginner Surfing Lessons as they offer the most stable platform on which to learn.

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How to Find Us

Fistral and Towan beaches are a short walk away. 

Fore Street has fast turned in to the coolest part of town with lush coffee shops, surf stores and boutique shops.

If you are arriving by car or public transport, please find details of the nearest carparks and travel details to help you find us.
Parking Options:
Long Stay Car Parking (5 minutes walk):

Belmont, Newquay TR7 1HG
St Georges Road, Newquay, TR7 1TD

Most surf lessons usually last 2 hours!

Yes! Newquay Activity Centre has many different excursions for different abilities!

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