Want to learn how to surf or sign your kid up for a summer surf camp? Orange County is the place for that! We’re in a surfers paradise and there are a number of organizations to help you get your toes on the nose. Here’s a list of places that offer surf lessons & camps in Orange County.
Banzai Surf School
Address: 22355 E Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
In the parking lot at PCH and Brookhurst
Phone: 714-813-2880
- Lessons for kids as young as 3 years old
- Private Lessons available (2 hours)
- Daily open group lessons for ages 14 and up (90 minutes)
- Corporate Group Surf Lessons
- Summer camp for ages 8 and up – weeklong camps run Monday through Friday all summer long
- Advanced Surf Coaching
Cali Surf School
Serving Los Angeles and Orange County
OC: 818-430-9782
LA: 818-423-6077
- Surf, SUP, and Swim Lessons
- Surf lessons for ages 4 and up (90 minutes)
- Private and group lessons
- SUP lessons for ages 8 and up
California Surf Academy
Located in San Clemente
Phone: 949-379-2521
- Private 2-hour one on one surf lessons for ages 9 and up
- Private 2-hour group lessons for ages 9 and up
The CaliCamp Surf School
Address: 24800 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, CA 92629
Phone: 949-289-8274
- Overnight surf camps for adults
- Stays range from 4 days to one month
- Locations include Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego
- Hotel, breakfast, surfboard, wetsuit included
- 2-hour lessons daily
- Guided surfing Monday through Friday
- Beginners to advanced
California Surf Experience
Address: 1968 S Coast Hwy #772, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: 949-532-7277
- Private surf lessons for ages 6 and up (1.5 to 5 hours)
- Private Group Lessons for ages 6 and up (1.5 to 5 hours)
- Mixed group lessons (1.5 hours)
- After school surf program – Monday, Wednesday, Friday, board and wetsuit included (1.5 hours)
- Online coaching and trip planning (1 hour)
- Surf guiding and coaching
- Surf excursions
Corky Carroll’s Surf Schools
Address: 18581 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Lessons at Bolsa Chica State Beach
Phone: 714-969-3959
- Private 2-hour surf lessons for ages 4 and up – year round
- Private lesson packages for ages 4 and up
- Multiple summer surf camp options for ages 5 and up
- Weeklong camps all summer long
- Surfboard rentals
Clint Carroll Surf School
Address: 21601 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Beach Blvd and PCH, Tower 17
Phone: 714-969-3959
- Private lessons
- Group lessons
- Year round lessons
- Lessons are 90 minutes or 2 hours
- Surf camps for ages 5-17 from June through September
- Camps are 4 days or weeklong
DanSurf
Lessons are located in Laguna Beach
Phone: 949-395-8517
- Private surf lessons for one to three people
- 2 hour sessions
- All lessons include soft surfboard, wetsuit, leash, and drinking water
- Meet at Thalia Street Lookout in Laguna
- Lessons for ages 8 and up
Debut Surf School
Address: 339 W Paseo De Cristobal, San Clemente, CA 92672
Phone: 714-887-3928
- Year round lessons at T Street Beach in San Clemente
- Private lessons for ages 6 and up
- Private lessons are 2 hours long
- Boards and wetsuits included
- Limited availability surf camps for ages 6 to 16
- Summer camps are 4 days long
- 6 summer camp sessions available to choose from
Endless Sun Surf School
Lessons and Camps at the Newport Pier
Address: 70 Newport Pier, Newport Beach, CA 92663
Phone: 949-533-1022
- Serves All Ages
- Private Surf Lessons
- Group Lessons
- Longboard Clinics
- Women Only Surf Classes
- Surf & Boogie Camps
- Summer Surf Camps – Weeklong, all summer, ages 6 and up
HB Surf School
Serves Huntington Beach, By the Pier behind Duke’s and Sandy’s
Phone: 714-658-6873
- Instruction for all skill levels and all ages
- Private Lessons
- Adult and Youth Lessons
- Summer Camps for ages 8 and up, Monday – Friday, 5 day sessions in July and August
- Birthday Parties & Special Events
JP Surf Camp
San Clemente Pier, near Lifeguard Headquarters
Phone: 949-547-2088
- Surf Camps for ages 6 through adult
- Camps are 5 day sessions
- Private Lessons (60 and 90 minutes)
- Surf boards, rash guards, wet suits provided
Laguna Ethos
Serving the Laguna Beach Area
Phone: 260-446-8066
- 1.5 hour semi-private surf lessons with board and wetsuit included
- Guided ocean kayaking (1.5 hours)
- Guided ocean SUP (1.5 hours)
- Team building/large groups
- Summer camps for ages 5-12 with surfing, kayaking, swimming, paddle boarding
- Camps are Monday through Friday at Heisler Park area
Laguna Surf & Sport
Address: 1088 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: 949-497-7000
- Group and private surf lessons – 1 hour sessions
Learn To Surf Newport Beach
Serving Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Los Angeles, and San Diego
Address: 7203 Seashore Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663
Phone: 714-313-4577
- Private surf lessons – all equipment included, 2 hour sessions
- Group surf lessons – equipment included, 2 hour sessions
- SUP lessons
- All ages and skill levels
Little Surf Co.
Lessons at Huntington City Beach, Towers 18-24
Phone: 657-464-4190
- Summer camps
- School year surf & science academy program
- Ocean education courses
- After school programs
- Homeschool surf programs
- Private and semi private lessons
- Small group classes
McKinnon Surf & SUP Lessons
Serves the Huntington Beach Area
Phone: 714-377-6101
- Surf and SUP lessons (1 and 1.5 hour lessons)
- Equipment provided
- Open ocean excursions
- All ages and skill levels
- Private lessons
- Fitness classes
- Adaptive surfing programs for special needs clientele
- Group lessons
M & M Surfing School
Serves Seal Beach Area
Address: 802 Ocean Ave., Seal Beach, CA 90740
Phone: 714-846-7873
- 3-hour group lessons
- Private lessons – 1 hour – equipment included
- Birthday parties
- Large group lessons
OC Surf Coaching
Serves the Orange County Area
Phone: 714-745-8492
- Private lessons
- Group lessons
- Board and wetsuit included
- 1 – 1.5 hour sessions
- Photo packages available
- Youth and adult lessons
Salty Grom Surf Camp
Address: Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington Beach, CA
Phone: 714-330-3350
- Full & Half day camps for ages 8 and up
- Camps include equipment
- Weeklong surf camps, June, July, and August
- Private surf lessons for ages 5 and up
- Group lessons
- Surf events – birthdays, corporate, media, etc.
San Clemente Surf School
Serves the San Clemente Area (Doheny, San Clemente Pier, Poche Beach)
Phone: 949-374-8077
- Year round surf school
- All levels
- 2-hour private lessons, equipment included
- Group lessons
- Surf Photography
- Youth and adult lessons
Surfriders Academy
Serves the Huntington Beach Area
Phone: 714-782-4510
- 1.5 hour private lessons
- Group lessons
- Corporate groups
Wavehuggers
Serves LA, OC, and San Diego
Address: 22299 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Phone: 310-910-9099
- Private lessons
- Group lessons
- 1.5-2 hour lessons
- All skill levels
- Community classes
- Equipment provided
- Video coaching available
- Small group surf therapy
- Surf camps June through August, Monday through Friday
Wolfy’s 369 Surf Shop
Serves the San Clemente Area
949-369-7873
- Private surf lessons
- Board and wetsuit included
- All skill levels
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