Isla Surf School

Cassandra S

My fiancé and I have been wanting to try surfing for a long minute and finally booked a lesson with Isla Surf School for the Labor Day weekend. They provide boards and gear (either wetsuits to avoid cold/rash or shirts to avoid rash from the board depending on the weather). We spoke to Shane on the phone because we were booking the lesson on the road out & he was extremely helpful. Flash to surf lesson and we met on the beach (there is not a building, but you see the boards off the beach entrance at 3W, as well as a tent where you can leave stuff while the lesson is happening; leave time for parking as they mention online, as the beach is busy and parking fills up). Our lesson was with Nadia who gave excellent instruction ashore on boards before going out. She is an incredibly knowledgeable instructor whose passion for surfing is clear. We are older first timers (40 & 40+), but both caught multiple waves and had a blast. They also teach kids as young as 5. I think we’d need several more lessons before successfully catching waves on our own (we wanted a few lessons on consecutive days, but they were full by the time we called, so try to plan ahead). But it was seriously so good! Nadia had us walk our boards out toward Center St./the pier & then we surfed on for an hour and a half in a semi private lesson. She chatted with us & looked for appropriate waves for us, giving us feedback on every run. She told us when to paddle and when to pop up & I seriously had the time of my life. She swam along the shore and hold our boards looking for our waves & keeping us company until there were waves meant for us; she was excellent company & sooo knowledgeable. Keep your toes on the tags, pop up with your arms locked, don’t grab your rails and keep something locked in to surf towards on the horizon. But she/they will tell you all that & so much more. We both swallowed seawater, so maybe keep your mouth shut! But seriously, get a lesson sooner rather than later! We can’t recommend it enough & we’re definitely going back for more (both surfing & Isla lessons). Isla rocks. Nadia & Shane are the jam. Do it!!!!

Zelda Lipschutz

Wasn’t expecting to surf after my first session! Thanks guys! :))))

James Warren

We had 3 teenagers and 1 eight year old join Isla Surf camp for the week. They very much take pride in how they run this camp. You will see multiple companies on the island but I will say Isla sets themselves apart with there personal touch and engaging team. They had a 1:3 ratio of instructors to kids. All the kiddos had a blast, they kept them entertained and all were confident in surfing by the end of the week. I guess I know what everyone wants for Christmas now :)! While all the instructors were awesome Chase received the most votes at the end of the week for his personality and style! Thanks for making a special week for our crew!

Harold D

Shane and his team were outstanding, kids (and me) loved their class, instructors were attentive and thoughtful, gave great feedback, and we all become wave catching machines :) highly recommend, we will be back!