Learn to Surf at Lorne on the Great Ocean Road: Ideal Learning Conditions for Beginners
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37 Ratings
Lorne
Experience the thrill of learning to surf at Lorne on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Perfect for beginners, with qualified instructors, safe beaches, and all equipment provided.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Public Toilet - Meet at our Trailer in the Car Park at the beach end of Grove Road in Lorne next to the swimming pool at least 10 minutes prior to your lesson start time.

After completing your booking form and collecting your wetsuit and surf board with legrope, your instructor will lead you to the beach. You’ll only need to take the equipment required for your lesson, there is storage available in the trailer for your personal belongings.

Instruction will begin with a safety talk and basic instruction on the beach. Spend about 30 minutes in the water to catch your first few waves with the instructors help. Return to the beach for additional instruction on stand up techniques. Spend the rest of the time in the water catching waves and standing up with instructors assistance.

What's Included
  • Experienced professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Master the art of surfing in Lorne, located on Victoria’s picturesque Great Ocean Road. The protected and secure beaches of this quaint, little seaside town are a perfect learning ground for beginners. Beneficially, Lorne offers optimum conditions for novice surfers, where instructions are given in waist deep water by certified surf instructors who are also surf lifesavers. The package includes a soft, beginner-level surfboard and a wetsuit.

Location
Public Toilet
Mountjoy Parade
Drive along the Great ocean Road into Lorne. Continue across the bridge over the river. Take the second turn on the left into Grove road beside the swimming pool. You will see the Go Ride A Wave trailer in the car park.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Anthonymg3534zl
Mar 24, 2024
Fantastic - Surf lesson with Joel was fantastic, highly recommend Go Ride a Wave to anyone in the area looking to get into it. Joel was very thorough with the lesson, and the boards and everything were top-tier.
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Adventurer771580
Jan 7, 2024
Summer surf lessons at Lorne with Go Ride A Wave - What a great lesson. Thank you Owen. Oscar and Lachie had so much fun especially learning new tricks today.
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Z6208vzkatep
Oct 10, 2023
Great Surfing Experience - My children had a fantastic time learning to surf today. They had a small group and instructors that were so encouraging and helpful. Completely recommend these guys! Thanks Will and Owen!
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Fionahu5wl
Feb 26, 2023
Go Ride A Wave - My, husband, 2 teenagers and myself thoroughly enjoyed our surfing lesson with Lucy this morning. Lucy made sure we all experienced success at different levels. Her instructions were clear and easy to follow. Lucy had such a sense of calmness and positivity which made our experience so enjoyable!!
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Kateht594bb
Feb 25, 2023
Brilliant - Brilliant lesson today. Brilliant instructor. One of the best surf lessons ever Waves were small but we had fun
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725maryannef
Jan 8, 2023
Thanks so much ! Awesome - Billy had the best one on one lesson with Carney from Learn to surf . We were so impressed ! Billy said that this was the best lesson he has had . Thanks Carney for making Billy’s week - or possibly year !
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Owen_m
Jan 7, 2023
Great instructors for... - Great instructors for every level of beginner, I’d highly recommend it, suits and boards are decent quality too.
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Chengtng
Dec 20, 2022
pleasant first surf experience with Lorne GRAW - our instructor Tiy from New Zealand was on time, friendly , humorous and ensured our safety and taught the basics of surfing and safety well! wet suits , rash guard , beginner foam boards provided . rendezvous point for lesson at lorne beach in front of HAH cafe was easy to find, good coffee at cafe and free unlimited parking and has changing shower facilities ! ( but don’t expect warm showers )
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Zetazalazar
Nov 14, 2022
Great experience - Great experience! Nice two hours in the sea getting to know surfboarding. Great instructor as well, very patient and kind. Highly recommendable to try it!
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Jeroenw749
Sep 29, 2022
Awesome experience - Steffen was such a fantastic instructor. My son and I had a 2 hour lesson and we had a great time. Gear was in good nick and he was so patient and engaging during the 2 hour lesson. We progressed a lot!
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