Newport Beach Surfing Lessons

Bryan is an awesome instructor. He is truly dedicated to teaching newbies to surf! I had a lot of fun learning over the weekend and will definitely be hitting the beach a lot more!

My brother and I took a lesson with Bryan and he was great! Easily one of the best experiences. Thank you so much Bryan. He was patient and a great coach. Highly recommended.

Bryan, Thanks for teaching my boys and me how to surf! We all loved it and wish could have made it back again the next day to practice some more. You created a lifetime memory. Only problem is I think you may have created a lifetime passion. So now we have to figure out how to act on that passion in the middle of Ohio. Highly recommend Bryan and Newport Beach Surfing Lesso.

3.5 stars because we had fun and we were able to practice balancing on the board out in the water, but I wish we had had more instruction. Four stars because the two of us are total beginners and out of shape, so it was an uphill effort for our instructor.
So when you sign up and pay online, they send you the address (Newport beach; don’t pay attention to the website names– it’s for SEO) and a waiver to sign. When you get to the shop, they provide you with a wetsuit and a board to use. After a 15 minute lesson, the same instructor takes you to the ocean to practice.
Once we got to the shop, we watched Sean give a lesson to two other beginners where he taught them how to get up on the board and he simulated the board moving and explained how to use your feet to keep balance. Sean took those guys out to sea and helped them get going, and he spent longer than two hours with them because they were getting it and he seemed to really care about teaching. I’m glad I saw that lesson because when it was our turn next, ours was not the same. Our instructor was a nice young guy, Shayne, but pretty quiet. He did not give us an extensive explanation in the shop. I think he dreaded the possibility that, since we aren’t super athletic, that maybe we wouldn’t get it and wouldn’t have fun.
However, he was well engaged and he answered questions. Once we got out to the ocean, his job was to help us onto the board, choose a wave for us, and then hold onto the back of the board and kick while we practiced standing up and riding the wave. It was a lot of work for him, and he did not give up on us. I was able to stand on the board and balance a bit by the end! Both my husband and I had fun out there with Shayne’s help.
The board my husband used broke while we were in the waves, so we had to share one board; but, Sean did give us a discount for that. I really appreciate that he did the right business thing even though it was a situation that nobody could have prevented. I think he has a real passion for teaching people to respect the ocean and to connect with it through surfing, and he is a good business owner.

Both my boyfriend and I came to surf for the first time and has been anticipating this since Unilocal had great reviews. Sal was our instructor and my boyfriend and I felt like he wasnt very interested in teaching us how to surf. He barely made any commentary on our performance on how to improve it. Instead he was just there and seemed like he wasnt even ethusastic and willing to help us at all. Once we got to the water he told us to approach him with the board so he could give us a push. After each push he didnt seem to look for us. He was standing in the water and basically didnt seem to care if we came back to him. He barely made an engagement with us and didnt ask about our experience at all in the end. As well, we only had a 1 hr time in water, when it should have been two hours. It wasnt the experience we expected like most Unilocalers did.

We booked a 4-​person group lesson and Bryan was our instructor. Everyone in the group was a beginner, and he provided great coaching — every person in the group was able to stand up on waves during our session!

My daughter and I took surfing lessons. They fit us in on short notice and the instructor was very kind and patient. We had a great experience! Would recommend this group without hesitation! Very happy that we chose to do this as part of our vacation as the memories created were awesome! My 11 year old daughter did great and while I struggled at first our instructor was great at telling me what to focus on and I was able to apply that and improve to the point that I was riding waves midway through the lesson. The land portion of the training is only about 15 minutes, the rest of the time you are in the water! Great time!

Renting wetsuits was a new experience for me and my girls. Newport surf school was awesome! we can’t wait till come back. Thanks Sean and Kelsy.

5 of my girlfriends and I decided to take surfing lessons on my 30^th birthday. It was the best decision Ive made in 30 years :) Our instructors, Mason and Garrett, were GREAT! They were patient, knowledgeable, funny, and very encouraging. All of us were able to stand up and surf. It was the highlight of our trip to Newport, and Im looking for an excuse to surf again– wish I lived near a beach.
Thanks for a fun (and exhausting) 2 hours!