What Level Am I?

Find Your Level

Not sure where to start? Understanding your level is key to choosing the right lessons and improving your skills. Whether you’re into surfing, bodyboarding, longboarding, or surfskating, our structured progression system ensures you get the most out of your time on the water. Use our guide below to find your level and chart your path to success!

Surfing Progression

Our surfing levels guide you from beginner to proficient. Progress through skills like catching waves, turning, and mastering speed control. Start at your level and let our structured lessons help you achieve your goals.

Beginner

Perfect for first-timers or those with little experience, this level focuses on the basics: catching white water waves, learning how to stand, and understanding surf safety. A fun and supportive introduction to surfing!

Improver

For those ready to move beyond white water, this level focuses on catching unbroken waves, learning trim along the wave, developing speed control and your first cutbacks. Start refining your skills and unlocking your potential.

Intermediate

At this level, you’ll focus on on the fundamentals, using more of the wave face, practicing smooth turns, and improving wave selection. Gain confidence and control as you take your surfing to new heights.

Proficient

Designed for more experienced surfers, this level hones advanced skills such as the lines you take on the wave using more of the waves potential, or putting the board on rail in turns to increase speed, control and style. Take your surfing to the next level with expert guidance.

Bodyboard

Take your bodyboarding to the next level with our structured progression. From catching waves to advanced manoeuvres, we’ll help you ride with confidence.

Beginner

Perfect for first-timers or those with little experience, this level focuses on the basics: catching white water waves, learning how to catch waves and turn, and understanding surf safety. A fun and supportive introduction to bodyboarding!

Improver

For those ready to move beyond white water, this level focuses on catching unbroken waves, learning to turn, and developing speed control. Start refining your skills and unlocking your potential.

Intermediate

At this level, you’ll focus on riding along the face of the wave, practicing smooth turns, introducing rolls and spins and improving wave selection. Gain confidence and control as you take your surfing to new heights.

Proficient

Designed for bodyboarders that have the basic skills down, At this level we are looking at advanced skills such as barrel riding, spins both directions, going more vertical and honing the power of the wave!

Longboard

Learn the art of longboarding. Progress through skills like cross-stepping, smooth turns, and nose rides with our dedicated coaching.

Beginner

Beginner longboarders we recommend following our general surf lesson structure!

Improver

The first stage for our longboard courses. Students can stand and have some control on their boards. We introduce white water control and skills and relaxed take off and trim positions on the wave, developing speed control. Start refining your skills and unlocking your potential.

Intermediate

At this level we assume your competent on the unbroken wave, at this level we look at lines on the wave, speed generation, introducing cross stepping and practicing smooth turns.

Proficient

Designed for more experienced longboarders, this level hones advanced skills like hang 5’s, 10s, sweeping turns, pocket surfing and more. Take your surfing to the next level with expert guidance.

Surfskate

Surfskating is the perfect way to improve your surfing technique on land. Develop balance, carving skills, and fluid motion to take your surfing to the next level.

Beginner

Perfect for first-timers or those with little experience, this level focuses on the basics: of balancing on the board, learning how to stand, start/ stop and do basic turns. Understanding skate safety. A fun and supportive introduction to skateboarding!

Improver

For those with control, we look at introducing speed generation, bigger turns and use drills to build your confidence. Start refining your skills and unlocking your potential.

Intermediate

At this level, we start to bring in how we turn in surfing and we use variety of drills to show you how to improve cutbacks, carves and bottom turns.  Gain confidence and control as you take your skating to new heights.

Proficient

Designed for experienced skaters, this level hones your skate skills and we change the environment, introducing small ramps to practice more dynamic bottom and  top turns with variety. Take your skating to the next level with expert guidance.

Find your surf level

Surf coaching can help you improve quickly but it’s important to start at the right level.

We have 4 stages of development: beginner, improver, intermediate and advanced.

The way we teach, where and what we offer varies depending on your level.

Beginner

Ideal for?

  • Those new to the sport of surfing
  • Those who have surfed before but struggle to catch or stand in white water waves

Aims: To have fun surfing safely while developing your technique and knowledge – becoming a white water warrior!

Availability: Daily lessons subject to waves.

Beginner +

Ideal for?

  • Those with experience of surfing white water.
  • Those who can stand up on a surf board

Aims: To have fun surfing safely while developing control, learning speed and turning techniques.

Availability: Daily lessons subject to waves.

Improver

Ideal for? 

  • Those who can catch waves and stand with good posture consistently and in control in white water
  • Those who are surfing unbroken waves but are struggling to catch unbroken waves, trim along or control speed.

Aims: To catch more unbroken waves and surf with control while developing your technique and knowledge. Become a green wave glider!

Availability: Weekly lessons subject to waves.

Intermediate

Ideal for?

  • Those that can surf with control along both big and small unbroken waves.
  • For those that wish to improve their technique on unbroken waves.

Aims: To improve how you surf an unbroken wave going higher, lower, further and deeper. Develop better body dynamics on the board.

Availability: Bespoke surf & surf skate lessons with a senior instructor. Development courses and tours.