Oregon Surf Lessons and Stand Up Paddle Lessons

NEW Dawn Patrol Sessions

Experience an early morning 3 hour surfing lesson, bodyboarding clinic or coaching session, when the Sun’s morning rays fan out from the Douglas Firs and Spruce trees at Oswald West State Park, front lighting the wave faces. (Sometimes the conditions are better in Seaside Cove and then we will teach there.) Crowds in the water are minimal. Easy to find a parking spot.

Four Surf Dawn Patrols and one Bodyboard Dawn Patrol offered this 2023 summer season.

Save $10 per session when you book more than one date.

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We can teach 4-8 students in both the surf and bodyboard sessions. Student to teacher ratio is 4:1. Note: Equipment rentals from Cleanline Surf Shops, in Seaside or Cannon Beach, must be done the day before the lesson date, since the shops don’t open up until 9 am, after we are already in session.

Students will learn the 3 forecast tools (tides, currents, wind) to know when and where to go surfing and bodyboarding, the foundational surf and bodyboard skills, including paddling or kicking techniques and reading waves, and safety with their boards and the ocean. GATH surf helmets are provided in the surf lessons for all students.

Book these Dawn Patrol Sessions with your favorite group of friends, family and coworkers. Or sign up solo and join a group of enthusiastic people with the desire to learn in an early morning ocean experience. $140 cost per person for group lesson.

Cleanline Surf Shops in Seaside and Cannon Beach provide NW Women’s Surf Camps students with a special full day rental package rate of $55, instead of regular $70 per package. You just need to tell rental staff at shop that you have a lesson with us to receive the discount. You will need a wetsuit, boots or fin socks, gloves, optional hood, surfboard or bodyboard and swimfins. They have racks to rent if you need for your vehicle transport of surfboard.

Students must be able to “tag team” carry their surfboards with another student down 1/3 mile trail to beach and back up trail after the lesson. Students also carry their own backpacks filled with wetsuit gear and day’s needs. No sherpas available for hire.

COVID19 current Oregon state guidelines are met.

COED GROUP SURF LESSONS

Experience a fun filled three hour dynamic and comprehensive Oregon surf lesson with adults and teens who share your desire to learn! This mixed group session creates a supportive circle of new friends cheering one another on while you learn the essential skills to catching a wave. Exceptional, certified and experienced surf coaches share with you the techniques needed to succeed.

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Three hour group surf lesson includes:

An understanding of how to survey the beach and ocean conditions for your skill level.
Riptide and long shore current awareness.
Learn how to read local tide table to determine the best ‘surf window” for your surfing skill level.
How to determine best offshore conditions for the beach with wind direction and speed.
Build your “layers” of understanding from the 12 essential surf skills and techniques from talented surf coaches.
Receive surf training on the beach to start with, followed by coached training in the waves.
GATH surf helmets provided to all students in lesson.
Complimentary 2023 NWWSC Tide Table and Kind Bar per student.

Cleanline Surf Shops in Seaside and Cannon Beach offer our students special full day surf rental packages for $55, instead of regular $70 pricing. Students will be given board recommendation by the Director prior to their lesson to rent from shop. Full day surf rental packages include wetsuit, boots, gloves, hood and surfboard. Soft racks are available to rent, if needed for your vehicle.

If you already own some of your gear, then Cleanline Surf Shops will give you 20% discount off of your partial rentals. Let the Director Lexie know if you don’t need to rent gear. She will want to check with you on the board you own; to ensure it’s the right length and float for your lesson.

Three hour group lesson is $140. With the full day rental price $55, the total for group lesson and rental gear is $195. With your own gear its $140 just for the lesson.

Advanced beginner to intermediate swimming skills are required of participants. If not sure what swimming level you should be, then please contact Director Lexie Hallahan prior to booking this clinic. Her email is surfcamps@nwwomenssurfcamps.com or call her #503.440.5782. There is space for 12 students in the eight group lessons offered this summer season. We keep a safe student to teacher ratio of 4:1. All three coaches are currently CPR and First Aid certified. A first aid kit is on the beach during clinics, if needed. Please read our Cancellation Policy before booking your coed group surf lesson.

NEW ADVANCED BEGINNER SURF COACHED SESSIONS

NEW for 2023, Advanced Beginner Women Group Surf Coached sessions. Learn the skills essential to progress from a beginner surfer who is successfully “popping up into their surf stance” on the inside white water to an advanced beginner/intermediate surfer on the outside break. Gain the insights on skills and knowledge that you can then practice and hone in to progress on your surfing path!

Paddling out techniques to successfully make it to the outside break, lining up on the outside break, wave etiquette with others on the peak, reading and judging waves for your success, positioning on your drop in, catching green water waves instead of just white water or waves that have already broken, surfing down the line, surf science and more.

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Save $10 per session when you book more than one date.

NWWSC's experienced, mature women surf coaches will share their years of wave catching knowledge and skills, with each and every student. Teen girls and adult women can join these events. Book more than one session date and receive multi-discount pricing, saving you $10 per session.

Students will need to bring their own surfboard with leash, booties, gloves, hood and wetsuit to the event meet up. No rentals are included in these sessions cost. If you need to rent some gear, Cleanline Surf Shop offers 20% off of all rental gear to our students. Just let them know you are in a session with NWWSC to receive this discounted pricing. The Director can offer you a board recommendation, prior to the coaches session, if you would like one, based on what you have been riding, how long, your personal stats and how often you are committing to surfing.

PRIVATE, SEMI-PRIVATE & CUSTOM GROUP SURF LESSONS

Mid May to mid September the swell and wind conditions are typically best for scheduling your beginner to intermediate surf lessons and coaching. Summer months are the most predictable for smaller, gentler, offshore conditions which are most favorable for learning. Beginner to advanced beginner surfing skills are taught during our dynamic 3 hour surfing lesson. Everything that is taught and included in our above mentioned Group Surf Lessons are also part of our Private, Semi-private and Custom Group Lesson formats.

Private, Semi-private and Small Group Surf Lessons provide students with that extra personalized learning environment with you and your instructor, or two of you and an instructor, or three to four students and an instructor during the lesson. For groups of 5 to 12 students, you need to arrange sufficiently in advance with the Director, so that additional coaches can be lined up to coach your group session.

The lesson’s focus is on developing new surfing skills and advancing those skills during your session. Our student to teacher ratio is 4:1 or less.

Private Lessons are $275. Semi-private Surf Lessons are $185 per person. Custom group lessons are $140 each. Equipment rental is not included in the lesson cost. Gath surf helmets are provided for all students’ safety and concussion prevention. Complimentary KIND bar and local NWWSC tide table for each student or group.

Cleanline Surf Shops in Seaside and Cannon Beach offer NWWSC lesson students special $55 adult/teen full day surf rental packages and $45/kid package with lesson. Regular surf package pricing at Cleanline Surf Shops are $70/adults and $60/kids. Lesson $140 plus day’s rental package $55, total is $195 per person.

Advanced beginner swimming skills are required of all students. A NWWSC Liability Release Waiver and Registration Form must me filled out and signed prior to the lesson. Parents must sign these forms for their minor children to participate.

CUSTOM GROUP SURF LESSONS

These group surf lessons offer families, reunions, wedding parties, graduation parties and others the opportunity to book a custom surf lesson for 3 to 12 people. Everything taught in our Coed Group Surf Lessons above, are also taught here.

Lesson cost is $140 per person; for adults and teens with group size of 3-12. For groups of 5 to 12 students, you need to arrange sufficiently in advance with the Director, so that additional coaches can be lined up to coach your group session.

NEW 2023 additions to your Custom Group Surf Lessons are the following:

Box Bagle Sandwich Lunch from Bagles by the Sea. Menu price + delivery charge added.
Boards and wetsuit packages picked up, delivered and returned to Cleanline Surf Shop. Rental package price + pickup and delivery charge + gas added.
Purchase NWWSC s/s tee, l/s hooded tee, hooded sweatshirt or tank. 2023 styles and colors offered. Price depends on order. Delivered to custom lesson.

Contact NWWSC Director Lexie Hallahan at surfcamps@nwwomenssurfcamps.com or call # (503) 440-5782 today to arrange your Custom Group Surf Lesson today. We encourage advanced notice for your preferred lesson date(s). Summer months are very busy along the North Coast of Oregon and with limited tidal times to teach in each day, booking your lesson early is best. Please read our Cancellation Policy before booking your coed group surf lesson.