Surf Lessons on Playa de Oyambre
The Oyambre area is a great place to learn to surf. In the summer months, the northern Spanish coast around Santander is hit by consistent swells that bring gentle rolling waves to our local, Oyambre Beach.
Learn to Surf in great Beginner Waves
The Oyambre area is a great place to learn to surf. In the summer months, the northern Spanish coast around Santander is hit by consistent swells that bring gentle rolling waves to our local, Oyambre Beach.
With our most popular surf holiday packages here in Oyambre, our surf camp guests receive a 6 session surf course. It includes 5 sessions of surfing (90 minutes each) the gentle waves of Playa de Oyambre, the beach just outside the surf camp, as well 1 sessions of surf theory (also 90 minutes) in the surf camp, teaching you about water safety, rip currents and the intricacies of Spanish beach breaks.
The Surf Course
During your weeks’ surf course, our surf instructors teach you the essentials of surfing. These include a safety introduction to wave and beach awareness, how to paddle into waves, catching waves, standing up and controlling your surfboard. We use soft surfboards, called ‘foamies’. Their soft foam construction means these surfboards are incredibly buoyant, enabling beginners to catch waves easily. Their dimensions ensure that they are very stable in the water, making it much easier for surf beginners to stand up.
Your surf lessons start on Sundays. On your first day, all surfers meet at the surf tent in the morning for an introduction and wetsuit allocation. Your surf lesson times are displayed on our notice board at reception.
Surf Instructors
We handpick our instructors based on experience, qualifications, and pure stoke! All our surf coaches are fully certified (ISA, ASI, SGB, FCS) and professional lifeguards (SLSGB). But more than that, they’re in the water with you—cheering you on, high-fiving, and helping you progress every step of the way.
They have a good understanding of the wave conditions and local surf spots and are always ready to lend you a helping hand. The maximum group size for our surf lessons is eight surfers per one instructors plus one surf assistant if required. All use of surf equipment, surfboard, leash and wetsuit, is included during surf lessons time.
3 Surf Course Levels
To be able to deliver surf sessions best suited to our guests surfing, we run 3 different levels of surf courses. Depending on your surf experience, you’ll either be in the beginner, improver and intermediate group.
Beginner Surf Course
Perfect for those of you who have never surfed before or have only done a few surf lessons/ a surf course, but have not surfed in a while and would benefit from starting with the basics. You will be learning the technique of paddling, standing up on a surfboard in white water and how to get the timing right to catch a wave.
Improver Surf Course
The right choice for those of you who have done several surf lessons or courses and have good confidence in the white water and an understanding of the basics: paddling, standing up on a surfboard and catching a wave. The focus of our improver courses is on learning how to steer your surfboard with the right technique in both directions and on how to create speed.
Intermediate Surf Course
Ideal for those of you who already have good confidence in the water, experience “out back” surfing green waves and can perform manoeuvres, like bottom and top turns. You have a good level of fitness and an understanding of currents. We will focus on more advanced surfing techniques, and participants use our premium range of surfboards with our most experienced surf instructors.
More Surfing Options
Surf Lesson Upgrade
If you’d like to spend more time surfing when on surf holidays with us in Oyambre, you can add our Surf Lesson Upgrade during the booking process. Our Surf Lesson Upgrade includes 2x 90 minutes of additional surf lessons in the water with our surf team. If the conditions are right, we schedule at least one of these sessions at sunrise or sunset. Suited to both beginner and intermediate surfers, our Surf Lesson Upgrade allows for more time in the water with your surf instructor to further improve your surfing skills.
Surf Equipment Hire
You have the option to rent your own surfboard, wetsuit and leash while on surfing holidays with us in Oyambre. With Oyambre Beach only a short walk from our surf camp, you can go surfing in your own time whenever you please and make the most of your surfing holidays in northern Spain. We have a good range of beginner surfboards in the surf camp. For safety reasons, all rental surfboards are soft ‘foamie’ surfboards, not hard surfboards. If you’re an intermediate to advanced surfer, we recommend you bring your own equipment.
