Surf Lessons in Papagayo: Beginner Skills

This tour is for beginners who want to learn the skills needed to start surfing. Instructors choose surf sites based on the current swell and tide conditions, finding the best breaks for successful learning. This a fun tour for everybody on your family. Great experiences for kids =)

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Guanacaste Province - DURATION:
    2:30 minutes
    DESCRIPTION:
    This tour is for beginners who want to learn the skills needed to start surfing.
    DURING THE TOUR OUR GUESTS WILL LEARN:
    • How to paddle and take control of the surfboard
    • How to ride the green part of the wave
    • How to catch unbroken waves on their own
    TOUR INCLUDES:
    • Surf Guide /…
What's Included
  • Surf guide
  • Surf board
  • Water and Fruits
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Q2218vhwillk
Jul 6, 2024
Awesome instructors and location to learn - Wow! My 16yo son and I did the beginner lesson. Alberto (instructor) and Wilbur (boat captain) were awesome, super friendly and picked us up by boat. Alberto was a great instructor, got us up and surfing right away,with clear instruction tailored to our ability, great teacher! Wilbur took a ton of great photos for us which is a great added bonus. The beach had perfect waves for learning (3-4ft) with a gentle slope & sandy bottom, so perfect for us novices (1-3 previous lessons over the years) and we got so many waves over the 2 hrs..could not ask for more. Highly recommend!
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Boardingpass755831
May 26, 2024
BEST SURFING LESSON EVER - FIVE STARS! Alberto and Wilber were the BEST surfing instructors/guides we could have asked for. Had all 4 of us - 2 parents and 2 kids - up and surfing within 20 minutes. No one could get enough! To top it off, fresh pineapple, drinks and 100+ photos/videos they captured - really awesome day and memory. Book them!
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Kyle_l
May 13, 2024
This was an amazing... - This was an amazing experience. It was a fun filled day and the instructor and boat captain took great care of us.
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Joann
Apr 11, 2024
Surging dudes - The day after our boat to snorkel we (they the children and grandchildren) took surfing lessons. Patient guides that helped everyone succeed!
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Coastal97499
Apr 5, 2024
Perfect surf experience for my family of 5 - We had the most incredible time with Francisco for our surf lesson. He was an excellent teacher and super patient with us. The whole experience from the boat ride pick up, to the special location of the lesson, to returning us to our driver was 10/10 from start to finish. We had NO surfing experience in our family of 5, and all 5 of us got up on the board and had a blast. My hard-to-please teenagers said this was their favorite experience and begged to do more. Francisco planting the surfing seed in us for sure. Thank you for an amazing day and experience!
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Karen_g
Mar 25, 2024
Great intro to surfing - Such a great experience. My daughter was nervous to try surfing and then hopped up on her first attempt at catching a wave with the instructors help. They were great!
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Seaside42484057050
Mar 9, 2024
Best ever - We had a 29 people group which you would expect to be pretty chaotic, it was beautifully organized everyone left with a huge smile we had absolutely the best time and the instructors were AMAZING would highly highly recommend this experience
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Shc722
Feb 12, 2024
Great mother/child lesson - My 4 year old son and I had a surf lesson this morning with our instructor being Alberto and our driver David. I feel like Go South went above and beyond with our family. There was a mixup and our travel agent put the wrong date on our agenda, so we were not there to meet them when they expected us. After some texting we were able to do the lesson later in the morning, and I very much appreciate their flexibility as the mistake was definitely with the travel agent and not GoSouth. My son was very excited to try surfing; I was hesitantly willing. He improved so much in one lesson - he was able to follow instructions and was standing and surfing on low waves well. I would not describe myself as athletic but after some pretty bad attempts Alberto told me another way to try to get up on the board and I was able to a few times! My son is enthusiastic to try surfing again and had a great time so I am very happy with our experience.
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Willwy9118zg
Jan 16, 2024
Great time surfing! - We had a great time surfing with Go South. They had our whole family standing and enjoying waves, even my 5 year old. My kids kept asking to go again and again :) They just did a great job teaching us, pushing my kids into waves at first and then teaching them to paddle into waves.
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K2870fyevans
Aug 6, 2023
So much fun!!! - So much fun! The guides were very nice and helpful. One helped push us so we could catch the waves and told us the right timing to paddle and stand up. He was very helpful in teaching us and correcting us. The other one took photos and videos for us! They also gave us fresh fruit afterwards. Overall great experience!!
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