- Description
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Join the fully guided mobile adventure and you will escape the crowds and explore remote beaches in search of good times and fun waves. Experience summer beach parties, meet new friends, relax and enjoy the sun, sea and sand while learning how to surf on pristine New Zealand beaches.
Tours and lessons operate from Auckland to Wellington or back to Auckland via Raglan every day of the week.They focus on 5 key areas to help you learn to surf with confidence and style. With years of experience they have developed superior instructional techniques to assist all levels of surfers, from beginner to advanced.
- Instructors: Fully qualified instructors with beginner and advanced coaching qualifications to you assist every step of the way. They also use photo and video analysis to help you see where your surfing is at.
- Locations: They only surf on the best beaches to suit your ability. As they are mobile they can be flexible to customise the trip to get the best surf.
- Equipment: With a wide range of current boards and wetsuits, you get the best equipment to assist your surfing journey.
- Safety: Surf safety and ocean awareness is their highest priority which their instructors will ensure you become well trained in.
- Fun: Don't take it too seriously! Having a good time all-round is the cornerstone to the success of their surf school. You will be having a blast in no time.
Beach front surf camps
Clean, comfortable and direct beach access - bringing you the real experience of living right on the beach. Cruise down to the beach at your leisure for surfing, sunbaking or soaking up the beach atmosphere and culture.
Their core team is made up of surfers from small surfing communities along New Zealand's coast. They will induct you into the local surfing lifestyle and culture in a fun and exciting way.After a big surf lesson, the next thing on your mind is food. All meals are prepared for you daily by the camp chefs. Vegetarians and vegans are happily catered for on request as well as most other dietary requirements.
Getting to the surf has never been so comfortable. The luxury mini buses will get you to the surf camps and beaches safely & comfortably.
- Accommodation
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Karioi Lodge
Located in one of the world’s most legendary surf areas (as featured in the all time classic surf movie ‘Endless Summer’), surrounded by bush teaming with native birdlife and the odd chicken. Look out for the worms that glow in the dark. While there are challenging breaks here, the beach provides a great environment for people of all levels.
You will find it hard to believe that somewhere so amazing is so down-to-earth and undeveloped. The lodge has dorms and standard twins and doubles. There are also powered and non-powered campsites. If you want something a bit flasher, they have options for onsuite rooms right through to houses with ‘Sleeping Lady Lodges’ accommodation - all walking distance from the main base.Ruapuke Camp
is accessed by winding metal road. It is well off the beaten track and located directly on a rugged and stunningly beautiful West Coast surf beach (famous for its stunning sunsets). It is almost totally undeveloped and is so remote that they you usually only share the place with a few cows and sheep. There are options of cabin and camping accommodation.Te akau Camp
is accessed by boat from Raglan - surf and arts town. Stunning remote scenery dotted with remnants of the amazing early settler history. You will camp on the edge of the harbour and access any one of a number of remote breaks using the local transport (i.e. tractor or beach buggy). The accommodation is camping but they do have the luxury of access to one of the most remotely located pizza ovens that you will ever see.Opoutere camping or hostel
All of the other options are on the North Island’s ‘West Coast’. This is because this is where there is the most consistently good surf. New Zealand is long and narrow so you have the luxury of being able to go from the West Coast to the East Coast on a whim – in as little as two hours driving.
The ‘Coromandel’ area is well known for its white sand beaches but you might find much of it overly developed so if you overnight, they choose ‘Opoutere’ where the 5km of white sand beach remains undeveloped and stunning because of a forested reserve running the length of it. They have a camping option - right on the beach - and a hostel option on the estuary leading to the beach. - Activities
- 5-Day Great Kiwi Surf AdventureThis is the ultimate kiwi surf adventure: spend the week learning to surf, meeting new people and enjoying beach parties while fully immersed in the stunning environment taking in the surf, scenery and local culture. They include a connection on the local bus so that you can use your surf trip as part of your trip down through New Zealand (as far as National Park or Wellington) or as a stand-alone trip returning to Auckland.
Departs Auckland 8:30am Monday – Returns Friday 5pm
This trip will go from Auckland to Opoutere on the Coromandel Peninsula. Depending on the surf, you will stay one or 2 nights in Opoutere before heading to Raglan for Wednesday and Thursday nights. This allows you to experience two of New Zealand’s most exceptional surfing and beach areas as well as landscapes and walks in between.- 4 nights dorm share accommodation.
- 5 surf lessons (one per day).
- All meals catered for at the camp (for an extra charge of $100 payable at the driver on the fist day).
- Softboard and wetsuit hire.
- Luxury coach transfers - one way.
7-Day Livin' the DreamThe longer you surf the better you'll get... then comes the addiction. Stay a bit longer, get your surfing to the next level and take your first steps to becoming an intermediate. Of course you'll also get more time to hang at camps and live the dream!
Departs Auckland 8:30am Monday – returns Sunday 5pm.- 6 nights dorm share accommodation.
- 7 surf lessons.
- Wetsuits and board hire.
- All meals catered for at the camp (for an extra charge of $100 payable at the driver on the fist day).
- 1 x BBQ and 1 x breakfast in Raglan.
- Luxury coach transfers - one way.
- Pricing / Packages
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Duration Room Type Type Price Basis Notes Availablity 5 Days 5-Day Great Kiwi Surf Adventure Surfer $490 Per Person 7 Days 7-Day Livin' the Dream Surfer $642 Per Person - Price is per person based on dorm share accommodation in AUD.
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Disclaimer - This surf trip is an independent surf operator and is not part of or in partnership with The Perfect Wave Travel Co. The Perfect Wave acts as an agent only. We sell various travel related products on behalf of numerous transport, accommodation and other service providers, such as airlines, land based accommodation and boat charter operators. The Perfect Waves' obligation is to make travel bookings on your behalf and to arrange relevant contracts between you and travel service providers. The Perfect Wave has no responsibility for these services nor do we make or give any warranty of representation regarding their standards. All bookings are made subject to the terms and conditions and limitations of liability imposed by these service providers.
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