Authentic surf lessons with a New Zealand surf legend in a stunning natural environment. Perfect!
West Coast surf has been established at Tauranga bay on the beautiful West Coast of the South Island for the past 18 years.
This beach provides both first timers with a safe and invigorating environment to learn in, as well as providing some world class waves for the more experienced surfers.
Mark Perana is the owner and coach of the business. Mark has been coaching surfing and snowboarding for beyond 25 years and it is truly his passion.
Mark is an ISA/SNZ level 2 coach and judge and an NZSBA snowboard examiner, also a past NZ team coach and National title holder.
At West Coast Surf we offer a safe, fun filled, informative and often invigorating lesson for every level of surfer.
Whether you are a complete beginner, all ready surfing and want to improve, or need some guidance with your advanced manoeuvres, Mark can help you out.
What others say:
"Hi, I just wanted to write to you to say THANK YOU! My Dad loved his lesson last month; I think it was the highlight of his trip to New Zealand. Mark was a great teacher and everything was just perfect – the rain even stopped just as they got in the water."
The 3 hour learn to surf package includes your lesson, board and wet-suit and some practice time.
This was a really good introduction to surfing! The teachers are very experienced and try to teach you some proper surfing skills unlike many other companies. After that you head to the beach with your teacher and get some further advice and good help from them. The last hour you are free to practice to surf as you like.Weird they left us alone then and did not say goodbye properly though. Overall I would recommend it! Tauranga Bay is a beautiful and challenging but manageable place to try surfing for the first time.
Love this lesson, very helpful. Mark is very nice and experienced.
Marc is a great coach with impressive experience and knowledge. He goes the extra mile to teach his students some important concepts that I think few surf teachers cover. I definitely recommend booking some time with Mark if you want to get started or improve your surfing skills.
Surf lesson with Mark was the Best part of my trip- he is really great teacher, u learn a lot and have a lot of fun at same time.. 1000% recommend, I'll be deffinitely back!! :) Thank you
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Ronnie from Netherlands wrote on 25 February 2020
Great surfing lessons!
Great introduction in surfing, with some theory beforehand. When we hit the water Mark kept an eye on everyone and was telling what went right and wrong. We were only with 4 people so it almost felt like a private lesson. Go here if you're looking for some proper guidance in getting to stand up on the board. 🤙
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