Surf Camps in Newquay

A surf camp in Newquay is one of the best ways to learn to surf or take your surfing further. Instead of fitting in a single lesson, you spend several days living close to the beach, surfing every day with the same coaches and sharing the experience with other people who are just as keen to get in the water. With more surf beaches within a short drive than almost anywhere else in Britain, Newquay gives camp organisers plenty of options whatever the wind and swell are doing.

What a Newquay surf camp includes

Most camps combine accommodation with daily surf lessons, wetsuit and board hire and transport to the best beach for the conditions. Accommodation ranges from bell tents and woodland camps to surf hostels and lodges in the town. Many camps include breakfast and some evening meals, and some add yoga, fitness sessions, surf theory talks or social evenings to the programme. Camps usually run for a long weekend, four nights or a full week.

Where you will surf

Newquay's beaches face in different directions, so there is usually somewhere with suitable waves. Camps often use Fistral on small and medium days, the more sheltered town beaches when the swell is big, and Watergate Bay or Crantock when the conditions suit. Your coaches will choose the beach each day based on the forecast and your level.

Who Newquay surf camps suit

Camps are a great choice for solo travellers, groups of friends and anyone who wants a full surfing holiday without having to organise lessons, kit and transport themselves. Beginners progress quickly by surfing every day, while improvers can work on reading waves, catching unbroken waves and making their first turns. Some camps run women only weeks, family weeks or trips for young adults.

When to go

Summer camps are the most popular, with warm water and long days, so the best weeks book up early. Spring and autumn camps are often quieter and cheaper, and September can bring some of the best conditions of the year.

Choosing a camp

Check that coaching is delivered by qualified instructors, ideally at a school accredited by Surfing England, and ask about group sizes, what is included and how far the accommodation is from the beaches.

Browse the surf camps in Newquay below, with contact details and directions for each.