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Pacific Surf School. The Best surf school created to teach beginners the experience of surfing and water safety.The Best Surf School in San Diego. Locations in Ocean Beach and Pacific Beach/ Mission Beach and Ocean Beach. Easy Booking online. Book...more

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Hours Today: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Suggested duration: 1-2 hours

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4121 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109-5028

Mission Beach

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Todd F

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Reviewed yesterday via mobile

Amazing First Time Experience!

Had an absolutely fantastic time, my instructor was very encouraging and showed me how to surf step by step. Awesome time! Definitely coming again. Thank you Junior!

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Holly P

Memphis, Tennessee

62

Reviewed 4 days ago via mobile

Fun and Challenging

I will start off by saying I have never surfed before AND I am afraid of waves. So my first goal was to work toward conquering my fear. The surfing part was somewhat secondary. I did let my instructor know I was afraid. My girlfriends...More

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Aloha Holly, We are glad you and your friends had a good experience surfing with us. Sorry to hear about you not being able to stand up. We do recommend a private lesson is you are really afraid of the water so that the instructors...More

Gabi S

1

Reviewed 4 days ago via mobile

Amazing experience

My friend and I never surfed before, we had Dutch for our lesson. He was awesome, really straight forward instructions and lots of help during the surfing experience. Highly recommend!

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Aloha Gabi, We are delighted to hear that you experienced surfing for the first time with us. Dutch is an amazing instructor and is great a teaching new surfers how to feel safe and have fun surfing. We hope to see you again.

koleary14

Marble Falls, Texas

3510

Reviewed 5 days ago via mobile

We got up many times!

Naomi was our instructor and she was great! The only locally raised instructor. She was friendly, outgoing, fun, and encouraging! Standing up was guaranteed and, despite us not expecting to be able to, we both did on almost every attempt with her help! And sometimes...More

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Aloha, We are glad to hear you had a great time with Naomi. She is a great surf instructor and always makes learning how to surf fun. We are glad you had a good workout and if you liked our service we would appreciate it...More

ashley_pearson07

31

Reviewed 6 days ago via mobile

Surfing lessons

Mary was excellent and very patient with us! We had such a great time and she was such a good teacher, would def recommend and would absolutely come back!

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Aloha Ashley, Thank you for your awesome review. We are very glad you enjoyed your surf lesson with Mary. Mary is a very patient and fun instructor. We can't wait to see you again cheers!

MurphyBrown1

Haverhill, Massachusetts

182

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

First Try

My wife and I are both in our late 40s and from the east coast. We have never surfed before but figured when in Rome! We got Jr. (Fernando) for an instructor he was perfect for us. Patient and super helpful. He had a lot...More

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Aloha Murphy, We are delighted to hear that you had your first surf lesson with us! Jr is an amazing instructor and loves to teach everyone no matter that age. It's people like you that make us appreciate our job as a surf school and...More

BipsiGrace

London, United Kingdom

6347

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Just amazing

Incredible first time on the waves with Pacific Surf. We both got time with our instructor, Joao and we both stood up on the board a number of times. I'm excited to get back out there soon now I know the basics thanks to this...More

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Aloha, We are happy to hear that you had a great first time surf experience with us. Joao is an amazing instructor and always makes it fun and easy for the students to learn how to surf. We hope you keep on surfing!

tbgstrand

3

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Incredible Surf lessons

Abe with Pacific Surf School was our instructor for 1st time surf lessons. He has an awesome attitude and ways about explaining how to pop up on the board and catch some great surf and waves into the beach. I would highly recommend a lesson...More

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Aloha, Thank you for your amazing response. Abraham is one of the best surf instructors in San Diego that's why we have him given that we are the best surf school in San Diego. We are extremely happy you were able to pop up and...More

HTX713832

Houston, Texas

2

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Surf lesson

Mary was an amazing instructor! She gave great instruction and was super helpful! I would highly recommend Mary and this company for surf lessons!

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Aloha, Thank you for the lovely review. We are glad to hear you had a great surf lesson with Mary. She is an awesome surf instructor and we hope to see you again.

tiffsar

San Diego, California

1

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Lessons

Alejandro was super helpful and provided helpful tips. Would highly recommend to anyone with any skill level. It will be a success!

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Aloha, Thank you for your kind review. Alejandro is an an amazing surf instructor and we are glad you got to experience and amazing surf lesson with him.

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dredre83

What age does my child need to be for surf lessons? My 6 year old is a strong swimmer and her and I would like to do a lesson together.

July 9, 2018|

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Abe told me he has taught people who don’t even know how to swim. We were all in our twenties, but there were some kids out there who didn’t look like they were much older than six. I think it would probably be fine (though... More