Surf Lessons near Sebastian, Vero Beach & the Treasure Coast

Sebastian Inlet is one of the best waves on the East Coast, and that is exactly why it is a difficult place to learn. The inlet concentrates swell, the bottom is shallower than it looks, and the lineup is full of surfers who have been riding it for years. A first lesson there is mostly dodging people.

Cocoa Beach is the opposite by design. It is a long sandbar break where the inside reforms gently, the water is waist-deep where we teach, and there is room on the sand for a whole family to watch. It is the same Atlantic swell, arriving somewhere much more forgiving.

Private one-on-one lessons are the fastest route to standing up: $99 for an hour or $169 for two, with an instructor watching only you. Kids lessons run from age 6 on soft-top boards sized to them, and family or group sessions start at three people.

Sessions run every day, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and we pick the calmest window on your date. Nothing is charged to request a time — we confirm your date and time first.

From Sebastian, US-1 north to SR 528 and east over the causeway is the quickest route at around 45 minutes. From Vero Beach, I-95 north to SR 528 then east takes about an hour and ten minutes, and both routes drop you onto A1A minutes from where we meet.

Your confirmation names the exact beach access point, where to park and where your instructor will be waiting on the sand, so there is no hunting for the right stretch of beach at the end of the drive.

If you are coming up from the Treasure Coast, the morning lesson pairs well with a Space Coast day: the Cocoa Beach Pier and the surf shops along A1A are minutes away, Kennedy Space Center is about 35 to 45 minutes north, and the rocket launches are watched from this beach.

Surf early, eat on A1A, and drive home in the afternoon light. Most of our Treasure Coast guests treat it as a half-day out and are back before dinner.